Chitinsky District


Chitinsky District is an administrative district, one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai, and borders with Karymsky District in the east, Duldurginsky District in the south, and with Khiloksky District in the west. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the city of Chita. Population : 62,221 ;

History

The district was established on September 26, 1937.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chitinsky District is one of the thirty-one in the krai. The city of Chita serves as its administrative center.
As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Chitinsky Municipal District, to which three urban-type settlements and fifty-four of the administrative district's rural localities belong, and Chita Urban Okrug, which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the city of Chita and the remaining rural locality.