Tselinny District, Republic of Kalmykia


Tselinny District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Troitskoye. As of the 2010 census, the total population of the district was 20,051, with the population of Troitskoye accounting for 59.6%.

History

The district was established in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tselinny District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. The district is divided into eleven rural administrations which comprise twenty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tselinny Municipal District. Its eleven rural administrations are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Troitskoye serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.