Sarpinsky District (Russian: Сарпи́нский райо́н; Kalmyk: Сарпан район, Sarpan rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 3,737.63 square kilometers (1,443.11 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sadovoye.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,796, with the population of Sadovoye accounting for 47.3% of that number.[2]
^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.