Kosh-Agachsky District
Kosh-Agachsky District
Кош-Агачский район (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Altay | Кош-Агаш аймак, Кӧжӧӧ-Агаш аймак |
| • Kazakh | Қосағаш ауданы |
Camels in the Chuya Steppe, Kosh-Agachsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Kosh-Agachsky District in the Altai Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°00′N 88°41′E / 50.000°N 88.683°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Republic |
| Established | 1922 |
| Administrative center | Kosh-Agach |
| Area | |
• Total | 19,845 km2 (7,662 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 18,263 |
| • Density | 0.92028/km2 (2.3835/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 16 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kosh-Agachsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (MSK+3 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 84610000 |
| Website | http://www.mokoshagach.ru/?id=31 |
| 2010 Census | 18,263 |
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| 2002 Census | 17,353 |
| 1989 Census | 16,426 |
| 1979 Census | 14,246 |
Kosh-Agachsky District (Russian: Кош-Ага́чский райо́н, romanized: Kosh-Agachskij raion; Altay: Кош-Агаш аймак, Кӧжӧӧ-Агаш аймак, romanized: Qoş-Ağaş aymaq, Köjöö-Ağaş aymaq; Kazakh: Қосағаш ауданы, romanized: Qosağaş audany) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the south and southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 19,845 square kilometers (7,662 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kosh-Agach. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,263, with the population of Kosh-Agach accounting for 43.3% of that number.