Chernoyarsky District (russian: Черноя́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #67/2006-OZ and municipalLaw #43/2004-OZ district (

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), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast,

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. It is located in the north of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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(a '' selo'') of Chyorny Yar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,220, with the population of Chyorny Yar accounting for 38.5% of that number.

History

The district was first established in July 1928 by merging Chernoyarskaya Volost and a part of Kamennoyarskaya Volost of

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with three rural localities in Yenotayevsky District. In 1931, the district was transferred to

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but was moved back to Astrakhan Oblast in October 1947. In December 1962, the district was dissolved and merged into Yenotayevsky District. On March 2, 1964, the district was re-established.

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