Volodarsky District (russian: Волода́рский райо́н; kk, Володар ауданы, ) is an administrative
[Law #67/2006-OZ] and municipal
[Law #43/2004-OZ] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
eleven in
Astrakhan Oblast,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the
oblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a settlement) of
Volodarsky.
Population: 47,351 (
2002 Census);
The population of the administrative center accounts for 20.9% of the district's total population.
Kazakhs are the dominant ethnic group in the district and make up around 68% of its population. Ethnic minorities include
ethnic Russians
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(29%) and
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different (2%).
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Districts of Astrakhan Oblast