Yashkulsky District (Russian: Я́шкульский райо́н; Kalmyk: Яшкулин район, Yaşkulin 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 center and east of the republic. The area of the district is 11,769.31 square kilometers (4,544.16 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Yashkul.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,270, with the population of Yashkul accounting for 51.5% 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.