Mayminsky District


Mayminsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Mayma. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,642, with the population of Mayma accounting for 56.5% of that number.

History

The district was established on February 15, 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mayminsky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mayminsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same six rural settlements, comprising twenty-five rural localities. The selo of Mayma serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Economy

The district's economy is agricultural in nature, with developed beekeeping and the cultivation of hops.