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{{Infobox Russian urban-type settlement
| en_name            = Mokshan
| ru_name            = Мокшан
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| coordinates        = {{Coord|53|26|23|N|44|36|38|E|region:RU|display=title,inline}}
| map_label_position = bottom
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| federal_subject    = [[Penza Oblast]]
| adm_district_jur   = [[Mokshansky District]]
| inhabloc_cat       = Urban-type settlement
| pop_2010census     = 11592
| pop_2010census_ref = <ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>
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'''Mokshan''' ({{langx|ru|Мокша́н}}) is an [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|urban locality]] (a [[urban-type settlement|work settlement]]) and the [[administrative center]] of [[Mokshansky District]] of [[Penza Oblast]], [[Russia]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|11,592|;}} {{ru-census2002|11,808|;}} {{su-census1989|11,035|;}} 10,710 (1900).{{fact|date=July 2010}}
==History==
It was established in 1566 as a fort to protect the country from the raids of the [[Tatars]] and the [[Kalmyk people|Kalmyks]], and is supposedly located on the site of the [[Meshchera|Meshcheryak]] town of [[Murunza]] mentioned as early as the 9th century. It was granted town status in 1780 and demoted to rural locality in 1925. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1960.
==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat|Mokshan}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170610080918/http://mokshan.net/ Unofficial website of Mokshan] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Penza Oblast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}
[[Category:Urban-type settlements in Penza Oblast]]
[[Category:Mokshansky Uyezd]]
[[Category:Mokshansky District]]