Kulundinsky District


Kulundinsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Kulunda. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,000, with the population of Kulunda accounting for 63.2% of that number.

History

The district was established on January 18, 1935 as Kiyevsky District within West Siberian Krai. When Altai Krai was established in 1937, the district became a part of it. In June 1938, the administrative center of the district was transferred to Kulunda, and the district was given its present name as a result.