Ovyursky District

Ovyursky District (Russian: Овюрский кожуун; Tuvan: Өвүр кожуун, Övür kojuun) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia.

It is located in the southwest of the republic.

The area of the district is 4,400 square kilometers (1,700 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khandagayty.

[6] The population of Khandagayty accounts for 45.7% of the district's total population.