Sarpinsky District

Sarpinsky District (Russian: Сарпи́нский райо́н; Kalmyk: Сарпан район, Sarpan rayon) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 3,737.63 square kilometers (1,443.11 sq mi).^[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sadovoye.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,796, with the population of Sadovoye accounting for 47.3% of that number.^[2]

Sarpinsky District Сарпинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kalmyk	Сарпан район
The selo of Sadovoye, the administrative center of Sarpinsky District
Location of Sarpinsky District in the Republic of Kalmykia
Coordinates: 47°46′N 44°31′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Kalmykia[1]
Established	1920[1]
Administrative center	Sadovoye[1]
Area [1]
• Total	3,737.63 km2 (1,443.11 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	13,796
• Density	3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	9 Rural administrations
• Inhabited localities[1]	17 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Sarpinsky Municipal District[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
OKTMO ID	85632000
Website	http://sarpinskoe-rmo.ru

Population of Sarpinsky District

2010 Census	13,796[2]
2002 Census	14,504[5]
1989 Census	17,686[6]
1979 Census	18,276[7]

Geography

The district is located in the northwest of Kalmykia, in the area of the Yergeni hills. It borders with Maloderbetovsky District in the northeast, Ketchenerovsky District in the southeast, Zavetinskiy District of Rostov Oblast in the southwest, and with Kotelnikovsky and Oktyabrsky districts of Volgograd Oblast in the west.^[8] The area of the district is 3,737.63 square kilometers (1,443.11 sq mi).^[1]

History

The district was established in 1920.^[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sarpinsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia.^[1] The district is divided into nine rural administrations which comprise seventeen rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sarpinsky Municipal District.^[3] Its nine rural administrations are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district.^[3] The selo of Sadovoye serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal district.^[3]