Muchkapsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The district borders with Inzhanovsky District in the north, Romanovsky District of Saratov Oblast in the east, Gribanovsky District of Voronezh Oblast in the south, and with Uvarovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,181 square kilometers (456 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Muchkapsky. Population: 15,177 ; 18,257 (2002 Census); 20,746 (1989 Soviet census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.