Kuraginsky District (russian: Кура́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3009 district ( raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Balakhtinsky, Mansky, Partizansky, and

Sayansky District Sayansky District (russian: Сая́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3007 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders ...

s in the north,

Nizhneudinsky District Nizhneudinsky District (russian: Нижнеу́динский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Nizhneudinsky Municipal Dist ...

of Irkutsk Oblast in the northeast,

Todzhinsky District Todzhinsky District (russian: Тоджи́нский кожуун; tyv, Тожу кожуун, ''Toju kojuun'') is an administrativeResolution #1648 ZP-1 and municipalLaw #268 VKh-1 district (raion, or ''kozhuun''), one of the seventeen in the Tuv ...

of the Tuva Republic in the southeast,

Karatuzsky District Karatuzsky District (russian: Карату́зский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3107 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai and border ...

in the south,

Minusinsky District Minusinsky District (russian: Минуси́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3022 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and b ...

in the southwest,

Krasnoturansky District Krasnoturansky District (russian: Краснотура́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3034 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the ...

in the west, and with

Idrinsky District Idrinsky District (russian: И́дринский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3031 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders ...

s in the northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Kuraginsky District
Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of

Kuragino Kuragno (russian: Курагино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Kuragino, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a work settlement in Kuraginsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai ;Rural localities * Kuragino, Tula Oblast, a ...

. Population: 51,873 ( 2002 Census); The population of Kuragino accounts for 28.8% of the district's total population.

Geography

Kuraginsky District is the largest in terms of area in the south of Krasnoyarsk Krai. It stretches for from west to east. It is located in the Eastern Sayan mountainous area, which includes

Grandiozny Peak Grandiozny Peak (russian: link=no, Пик Грандиозный) is a mountain in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. At it is the highest summit in the Kryzhin Range, part of the Eastern Sayan, South Siberian System. Description Grandiozny Peak is an ...

, the highest point of Krasnoyarsk Krai.Пик Грандиозный - Энциклопедия Красноярского края
/ref> Climate in the district is strongly continental.Агенство труда и занятости населения Красноярского края. Проект переселения «Курагинский район»
Общая характеристика территории вселения «Курагинский район»
Tourist attractions include the

Kinzelyuk Waterfall The Kinzelyuk Waterfall (') is probably the highest waterfall in Russia, after the elusive Talnikovy Waterfall (which may not exist any more). In 1989, a team led by Petro Kravchuk estimated its height to be 328 meters.Кравчук П. А. Ре ...

, one of the highest in Russia.

History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Yevgeny D. Dmitriyev.

Economy

The district is a raw-material base for the metallurgical,

food-processing Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex indu ...

, and timber industries.

Transportation

The Abakan- Tayshet railway passes through the district. The total length of the auto roads in the district is , of which are hard-surface roads.

Culture

There are thirty-nine clubs, two museums, thirty-six

public libraries A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants. There are five fundamenta ...

(with the total book stock numbering ~367,000 volumes), and three music schools.

Education

Thirty-six educational facilities are located in the district.

Public health services

There is one hospital, as well as four clinics. There are on average 1.23 medical workers per 1,000 people.

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1924