Ulagansky District


Ulagansky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Ulagan. 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.

Geography

The district is located in a mountainous area, away from major roads. A large part of the district along the mountainous eastern border is in the Altai Nature Reserve.

History

The district was established on October 19, 1923 within Oirot Autonomous Oblast.

Administrative and municipal status

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