Pokrovsky District

Pokrovsky District (Russian: Покро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the southeastern central part of the oblast.

The area of the district is 1,411 square kilometers (545 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pokrovskoye.

[7] The population of Pokrovskoye accounts for 30.0% of the district's total population.