Limansky District

Limansky District (Russian: Лима́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,234 square kilometers (2,021 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Liman.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,952, with the population of Liman accounting for 28.2% of that number.^[3]

Limansky District Лиманский район
District
Peter the Great Lighthouse, a cultural heritage object in the selo of Vyshka in Limansky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Limansky District in Astrakhan Oblast
Coordinates: 45°47′N 47°14′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Astrakhan Oblast[1]
Established	1943
Administrative center	Liman[1]
Area [2]
• Total	5,234 km2 (2,021 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	31,952
• Density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Urban	28.2%
• Rural	71.8%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Urban-type settlements, 5 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 urban-type settlements[4], 29 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Limansky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 [6])
OKTMO ID	12635000
Website	http://liman.astrobl.ru

Population of Limansky District

2010 Census	31,952[3]
2002 Census	34,341[7]
1989 Census	35,151[8]
1979 Census	32,496[9]

History

In 2005 the Limansky District saw sectarian conflict between the native Kalmyks and Chechen migrant workers over an incident involving a monument on the grave of Kalmyk Eduard Kokmadzhiev. After a Kalmyk was killed during the clashes, the Kalmyks organized a pogrom of the Chechen population with houses being set on fire with support from the local Russian administration.^[10]