Argayashsky District

Argayashsky District
Аргаяшский район
Argazi Reservoir, Argayashsky District
Location of Argayashsky District on the map of Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 55°29′19″N 60°52′38″E / 55.48861°N 60.87722°E / 55.48861; 60.87722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast
Established20 August 1930
Administrative centerArgayash
Area
  Total
2,791 km2 (1,078 sq mi)
Population
  Total
41,387
  Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions12 selsoviet
  Inhabited localities85 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asArgayashky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
OKTMO ID75606000
Websitehttp://www.argayash.ru/

Argayashsky District (Russian: Аргая́шский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,791 square kilometers (1,078 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Argayash. Population: 41,387(2010 Census); 42,808 (2002 Census); 43,733(1989 Soviet census). The population of Argayash accounts for 24.3% of the district's total population.

The district was part of the Bashkir Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic until 1934, and together with neighboring Kunashaksky District, formed the exclave Argayash Canton. The two districts were added to Chelyabinsk Oblast as the Argayash National Okrug, which itself only survived until November 1934.