Kulundinsky District (russian: Кулунди́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #66-ZS district (

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), one of the fifty-nine in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Kulunda Kulunda (russian: Кулунда) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kulundinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: It is located on the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Geography The village is located in the are ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,000, with the population of Kulunda accounting for 63.2% of that number.

Geography

The district is located in the area of the

Kulunda Steppe The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (russian: Кулундинская равнина, kk, Құлынды даласы, ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Siberi ...

, at the southern edge of the

West Siberian Plain The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...

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Geographical position, geological structure and surface topography of the south of Western Siberia (in Russian)
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History

The district was established on January 18, 1935 as Kiyevsky (Novo-Kiyevsky) District within

West Siberian Krai West Siberian Krai (russian: Западно-Сибирский край, Zapadno-Sibirsky Krai) was an early krai of the Russian SFSR, created after the split of the Siberian Krai Siberian Krai (russian: Сибирский край, Sibirsky Kray ...

. When

was established in 1937, the district became a part of it. In June 1938, the administrative center of the district was transferred to

, and the district was given its present name as a result.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Altai Krai States and territories established in 1935 __NOTOC__