Kharabalinsky District

Kharabalinsky District (Russian: Харабали́нский райо́н; Kazakh: Қарабайлы ауданы, Qarabaıly aýdany) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 7,100 square kilometers (2,700 sq mi).

[3] Ethnic Russians make up 51% of the district's population.

The second largest ethnic group is the Kazakhs that account for 42% of the population.

Smaller minority communities include Nogais, Tatars and Armenians.