Krasnoyarsky District (Russian: Красноя́рский райо́н; Kazakh: Қызылжар ауданы, Qyzyljar audany) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,260.48 square kilometers (2,031.08 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Krasny Yar.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 35,615, with the population of Krasny Yar accounting for 33.2% of that number.[4]
^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.