Sarpinsky District (Russian: Сарпи́нский райо́н; Kalmyk: Сарпан район, Sarpan rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	12,062 (−12.6%)
• 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[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 Urban settlements, 9 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	85632000
Website	http://sarpinskoe-rmo.ru

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.[9] 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.[4] Its nine rural administrations are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Sadovoye serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.

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Sources

• Президент Республики Калмыкия. Приложение к Указу №137 от 25 июня 2002 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Республики Калмыкия», в ред. Указа №103 от 27 июня 2011 г «О внесении изменений в Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Республики Калмыкия, утверждённый Указом Президента Республики Калмыкия от 26 декабря 2001 г. №235 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц Республики Калмыкия"». (President of the Republic of Kalmykia. Appendix to Decree #137 of June 25, 2002 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Republic of Kalmykia, as amended by the Decree #103 of June 27, 2011 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Republic of Kalmykia, Adopted by Decree #235 of the President of the Republic of Kalmykia of December 26, 2001 "On Adopting the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Republic of Kalmykia". ).
• Народный Хурал (Парламент) Республики Калмыкия. Закон №308-IV-З от 23 ноября 2011 г. «О некоторых вопросах организации местного самоуправления в Республики Калмыкия», в ред. Закона №105-V-З от 6 марта 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 13.1 Закона Республики Калмыкия "О некоторых вопросах организации местного самоуправления в Республики Калмыкия"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Хальмг Унн", №214, 24 ноября 2011 г. (People's Khural (Parliament) of the Republic of Kalmykia. Law #308-IV-Z of November 23, 2011 On Various Issues of the Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Kalmykia, as amended by the Law #105-V-Z of March 6, 2015 On Amending Article 13.1 of the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia "On Various Issues of the Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Kalmykia". Effective as of after 10 days since the day of the official publication.).

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