Baleysky District

Baleysky District (Балейский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the krai, and borders Nerchinsky District in the north, Shelopuginsky District in the east, Borzinsky District in the south, and with Olovyanninsky District in the west. The area of the district is 5000 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Baley. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,500, with the population of Baley accounting for 61.1% of that number.

History
The district was established on February 11, 1935.