Kamyzyaksky District

Kamyzyaksky District (Russian: Камызя́кский райо́н; Kazakh: Құмөзек ауданы, Qūmözek audany) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,493 square kilometers (1,349 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kamyzyak.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 48,647, with the population of Kamyzyak accounting for 33.5% of that number.^[4]

Kamyzyaksky District Камызякский район
District
The Kamyzyak River in Kamyzyaksky District
Coat of arms
Location of Kamyzyaksky District in Astrakhan Oblast
Coordinates: 46°07′N 48°05′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Astrakhan Oblast[1]
Established	July 14, 1925[2]
Administrative center	Kamyzyak[1]
Area [3]
• Total	3,493 km2 (1,349 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	48,647
• Estimate  (January 2016)[3]	47,836
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Urban	43.5%
• Rural	56.5%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 2 Urban-type settlements, 12 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 cities/towns, 2 urban-type settlements[5], 44 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kamyzyaksky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	3 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 [7])
OKTMO ID	12625000
Website	http://kamyzak.ru

Population of Kamyzyaksky District

2010 Census	48,647[4]
2002 Census	49,837[8]
1989 Census	50,336[9]
1979 Census	49,435[10]

History

The district was established on July 14, 1925 when Astrakhan Governorate's administrative-territorial system was changed from uyezds and volosts to districts and rural communities.^[2] In May 1944, a part of the district's territory was transferred to Travinsky and Zelenginsky Districts.^[2] When Travinsky District was abolished in 1963, its territory was merged into Kamyzyaksky District.^[2]