Coat of arms Flag Rural localities 22 | Administrative center selo of Kamyshla Area 823.5 km² | |
 | ||
Municipally incorporated as | ||
Kamyshlinsky District (Russian: Камышлинский райо́н; Tatar: Камышлы районы) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 823.5 square kilometers (318.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kamyshla. Population: 11,420 (2010 Census); 11,868 (2002 Census). The population of Kamyshla accounts for 42.8% of the district's total population.
Contents
Map of Kamyshlinsky District, Samara Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established on October 9, 1929 as Baytugansky Ethnic (Tatar) District (Байтуганский национальный (татарский) район). In 1937, it was renamed Kamyshlinsky. The district was abolished in the 1960s and re-created in its current form in 1991.