Kulundinsky District
District in Altai Krai, Russia
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Kulundinsky District (Russian: Кулунди́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is 1,980 square kilometers (760 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kulunda.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,000, with the population of Kulunda accounting for 63.2% of that number.[3]
Kulundinsky District
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Victory Memorial in Kulunda, the administrative center of Kulundinsky District | |
 Location of Kulundinsky District in Altai Krai | |
| Coordinates: 52°34′N 78°57′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
| Established | January 18, 1935[2] |
| Administrative center | Kulunda[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,980 km2 (760 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 23,000 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 31 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kulundinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 01622000 |
| Website | http://кулундинский-район.рф |
| 2010 Census | 23,000[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 25,034[6] |
| 1989 Census | 27,133[7] |
| 1979 Census | 25,423[8] |
Geography
The district is located in the area of the Kulunda Steppe, at the southern edge of the West Siberian Plain.[9][10] Lakes Shchekulduk, Dzhira, Gorkiye Kilty, and part of Bura are located in the district.[11]
History
The district was established on January 18, 1935 as Kiyevsky (Novo-Kiyevsky) District within West Siberian Krai.[2] When Altai Krai was established in 1937, the district became a part of it.[2] In June 1938, the administrative center of the district was transferred to Kulunda, and the district was given its present name as a result.[2]