Mayminsky District (russian: Ма́йминский райо́н; alt, Майма аймак, ''Mayma aymak'') is an administrativeLaw #101-RZ and municipalLaw #10-RZ district (

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), one of the ten in the

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. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Mayma Mayma (russian: Майма, alt, Майма) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Mayminsky District of the Altai Republic, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spannin ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,642, with the population of Mayma accounting for 56.5% of that number.

History

The district was established on February 15, 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Building of the administration of Mayminsky District in Mayma

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mayminsky District is one of the ten in the

. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mayminsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same six rural settlements, comprising twenty-five rural localities. The '' selo'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

Economy

The district's economy is agricultural in nature, with developed

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History

Administrative and municipal status

Economy

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