Karymsky District

Karymsky District (Russian: Кары́мский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai and borders Tungokochensky District in the north, Shilkinsky District in the east, Aginsky District in the south, and Chitinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 7,800 square kilometers (3,000 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Karymskoye.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 37,161, with the population of Karymskoye accounting for 35.1% of that number.^[3]

Karymsky District Карымский район
District
View of the urban-type settlement of Atamanovka in Karymsky District
Location of Karymsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai
Coordinates: 51°38′N 114°20′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Established	January 4, 1926[1]
Administrative center	Karymskoye[1]
Area [2]
• Total	7,800 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	37,161
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	35,291 (−5%)
• Density	4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
• Urban	63.2%
• Rural	36.8%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	3 urban-type settlements[5], 24 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Karymsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[7]	3 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [8])
OKTMO ID	76620000
Website	http://карымское.рф

Population of Karymsky District

2010 Census	37,161[3]
2002 Census	37,920[9]
1989 Census	44,728[10]
1979 Census	44,306[11]

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.^[1] It is named after the ethnic group of Karyms.