Erzinsky District (Russian: Эрзинский кожуун; Tuvan: Эрзин кожуун, Erzin kojuun) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the south and southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 11,081.45 square kilometers (4,278.57 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Erzin.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 8,280, with the population of Erzin accounting for 38.5% 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.