Administrative center selo of Chemal Rural localities 19 Founded 1992 | Rural settlements 7 Area 3,019 km² | |
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Municipally incorporated as Points of interest Chemalskaya GES, Oroktoysky bridge, DESYaTIRUChKA - kompleks russkoy k | ||
Chemalsky District (Russian: Чемальский район; Altai: Чамал аймак) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is 3,016 square kilometers (1,164 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chemal. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,441, with the population of Chemal accounting for 38.2% of that number.
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Map of Chemalsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
History
The district was established on August 26, 1992, when it was split from Shebalinsky District.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chemalsky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chemalsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same seven rural settlements, comprising nineteen rural localities. The selo of Chemal serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.