Ulagansky District

Ulagansky District (Russian: Улага́нский райо́н; Altay: Улаган аймак, Ulagan aymak) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders Turochaksky District, Choysky District, Ongudaysky District, and Kosh-Agachsky District, as well as the republics of Tuva and Khakassia. The area of the district is 18,367 square kilometers (7,092 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ulagan.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,388, with the population of Ulagan accounting for 28.3% of that number.^[4] Altai make up 57.2% of the district's population, followed by Russians (20.2%), Telengits (16.3%), Kazakhs (4.5%) and Uzbeks (1.8%).^[10]

Ulagansky District Улаганский район
District
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• Altay	Улаган аймак
Chulyshman River area, a protected area of Russia in Ulagansky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ulagansky District in the Altai Republic
Coordinates: 51°57′N 85°57′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Altai Republic[1]
Established	October 19, 1923[2]
Administrative center	Ulagan[1]
Area [3]
• Total	18,367 km2 (7,092 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	11,388
• Density	0.62/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	7 Rural settlements
• Inhabited localities[1]	13 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Ulagansky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+6 (MSK+3 [6])
OKTMO ID	84630000
Website	http://улаган-адм.рф

Population of Ulagansky District

2010 Census	11,388[4]
2002 Census	11,581[7]
1989 Census	11,176[8]
1979 Census	9,323[9]

Geography

The district is located in a mountainous area, away from major roads.^[3] A large part of the district along the mountainous eastern border is in the Altai Nature Reserve.^[3] The mountainous topography of the region, like the rest of the Altai Mountains, was created by tectonic movements of the Paleozoic age, more than 300-600 million years ago.

History

The district was established on October 19, 1923^[2] within Oirot Autonomous Oblast.^[11]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ulagansky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ulagansky Municipal District.^[5] Both administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] districts are divided into the same seven rural settlements, comprising thirteen rural localities.^[1][5] The selo of Ulagan serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district.