Altenkirchen (district)

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Altenkirchen
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Altenkirchen
Government
• District admin.	Peter Enders (CDU)
Area
• Total	642 km2 (248 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	131,467
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	AK
Website	kreis-altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˈaltn̩ˌkɪʁçn̩] ^ⓘ) is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the North Rhine-Westphalian districts Rhein-Sieg, Oberbergischer Kreis, Olpe and Siegen-Wittgenstein, and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied.