Peschanokopsky District (russian: Песчаноко́пский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #147-ZS district (

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), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast,

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. It is located in the south of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Peschanokopskoye Peschanokopskoye (russian: Песчанокопское) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Peschanokopsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental ...

. Population: 31,619 ( 2010 Census); The population of Peschanokopskoye accounts for 33.5% of the district's total population.

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