Ulagansky District
municipal district in Russia
Ulagansky District (Russian: Улага́нский райо́н; Altay: Улаган аймак, Ulagan aymak) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders Turochaksky District, Choysky District, Ongudaysky District, and Kosh-Agachsky District, as well as the republics of Tuva and Khakassia. The area of the district is 18,367 square kilometers (7,092 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ulagan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,388, with the population of Ulagan accounting for 28.3% of that number. Altai make up 57.2% of the district's population, followed by Russians (20.2%), Telengits (16.3%), Kazakhs (4.5%) and Uzbeks (1.8%).
Geography
The district is located in a mountainous area, away from major roads. A large part of the district along the mountainous eastern border is in the Altai Nature Reserve. The mountainous topography of the region, like the rest of the Altai Mountains, was created by tectonic movements of the Paleozoic age, more than 300-600 million years ago.
History
The district was established on October 19, 1923 within Oirot Autonomous Oblast.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q977262. The first chronological checks are 2010 and 1923.
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