Kuraginsky District

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Kuraginsky District (Russian: Кура́гинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Balakhtinsky, Mansky, Partizansky, and Sayansky Districts in the north, Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast in the northeast, Todzhinsky District of the Tuva Republic in the southeast, Karatuzsky District in the south, Minusinsky District in the southwest, Krasnoturansky District in the west, and with Idrinsky Districts in the northwest. The area of the district is 24,073 square kilometers (9,295 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kuragino. Population: 47,690 (2010 census); 51,873 (2002 Census); 54,337 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kuragino accounts for 28.8% of the district's total population. Kuraginsky District is the largest in terms of area in the south of Krasnoyarsk Krai. It stretches for 400 kilometers (250 mi) from west to east. It is located in the Eastern Sayan mountainous area, which includes Grandiozny Peak, the highest point of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Climate in the district is strongly continental.