Myasnikovsky District

Myasnikovsky District
Мясниковский район
Tanais excavation in Myasnikovsky District
Location of Myasnikovsky District in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 47°17′N 39°30′E / 47.283°N 39.500°E / 47.283; 39.500
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRostov Oblast
Established10 May 1926
Administrative centerChaltyr
Area
  Total
880 km2 (340 sq mi)
Population
  Total
39,631
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions7 rural settlement
  Inhabited localities23 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asMyasnikovsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID60635000
Websitehttp://www.amrro.ru/

Myasnikovsky District (Russian: Мяснико́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 880 square kilometers (340 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chaltyr. Population: 39,631 (2010 Census); 37,690(2002 Census); 32,393(1989 Soviet census). The population of Chaltyr accounts for 38.7% of the district's total population. The historical ethnic Armenian community constitutes majority of the population of the district, about 60 percent.