En Name: | Kalarsky District |
Ru Name: | Каларский район |
Image View: | Верховья реки Средний Сакукан.jpg |
Coordinates: | 56.5°N 148°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kalar rayon (Chita oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Chara |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 8 |
Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Kalarsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 4 |
Mun Formation1 Counts Ref: | [1] |
Area Km2: | 56800 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [2] |
Pop 2010Census: | 9051 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Established Date: | September 2, 1938 |
Website: | http://xn--80aa2af0a.xn--80aaaac8algcbgbck3fl0q.xn--p1ai/ |
Date: | August 2011 |
Kalarsky District (Russian: Каларский район) is an administrative[3] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai, and borders with Tungokochensky District in the south. The area of the district is 56800km2.[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chara. Population: 9,785 (2002 Census); The population of Chara accounts for 21.0% of the district's total population.
The district was established on September 2, 1938.
It is the northernmost district of Transbaikalia. The relief is mostly mountainous and includes the Kodar Range, with the highest point of Transbaikalia, Peak BAM, as well as the Udokan Range, Kalar Range and part of the Patom Highlands, among others. There are also vast intermontane basins, and the unique Chara Sands area. On the territory of the region flow many rivers: In the west the Vitim, in the center and the north the Chara river with its tributaries, and in the southern and western parts of the region some Vitim tributaries, such as the Kalar, Konda and Syulban. Among the lakes, the deep Nichatka, the Bolshoye Leprindo and the Leprindokan deserve mention.[5]