Ongudaysky District (russian: Онгуда́йский райо́н; alt, Оҥдой аймак, ''Oñdoy aymak'') is an administrativeLaw #101-RZ and municipalLaw #10-RZ district (

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), one of the ten in the

Altai Republic The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...

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

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Onguday Onguday (russian: Онгуда́й; alt, Оҥдой, ''Oñdoy'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Ongudaysky District in the Altai Republic, Russia, located on the Ursul River, from Gorno-Altaysk, the capita ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,046, with the population of Onguday accounting for 37.6% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ongudaysky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same ten rural settlements, comprising thirty rural localities. The '' selo'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

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