Kalgansky District
District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
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Kalgansky District (Russian: Калганский район) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District in the north, Priargunsky District in the south, and Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District in the west. The area of the district is 2,900 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kalga.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 8,771, with the population of Kalga accounting for 39.1% of that number.[3]
Kalgansky District
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Entrance to Kalgansky District | |
 Location of Kalgansky District in Zabaykalsky Krai | |
| Coordinates: 50°58′N 118°54′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai[1] |
| Established | December 8, 1942[1] |
| Administrative center | Kalga[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,900 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,771 |
| 7,612 (−13.2%) | |
| • Density | 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 12 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kalgansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 76618000 |
| Website | http://калга.забайкальскийкрай.рф |
| 2010 Census | 8,771[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 10,303[8] |
| 1989 Census | 13,240[9] |
| 1979 Census | 13,278[10] |
History
The district was established on December 8, 1942.[1]