Kosh-Agachsky District (russian: Кош-Ага́чский райо́н, Kosh-Agachskij raion; alt, Кош-Агаш аймак, ''Koş-Agaş aymak''; kz, Қосағаш ауданы, ''Qosağaş audanı'') is an administrativeLaw #101-RZ and municipalLaw #10-RZ district (

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), one of the ten in the Altai Republic,

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. It is located in the south and southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Kosh-Agach Kosh-Agach (russian: Кош-Агач; alt, Кош-Агаш, ''Koş-Agaş''; kz, Қосағаш, ''Qosağaş'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kosh-Agachsky District of the Altai Republic, Russia. Population: Geo ...

. 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.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kosh-Agachsky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kosh-Agachsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same twelve rural settlements, comprising sixteen rural localities. The '' selo'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

Population

Ethnic composition (2010): * Kazakhs – 53.4% * Altay – 40.5% *

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– 3.2% * Others – 2.9%

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Districts of the Altai Republic __NOTOC__