Kamyzyaksky District

Kamyzyaksky District (Камызя́кский райо́н; Құмөзек ауданы, Qumózek aýdany) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 3493 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Kamyzyak. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 48,647, with the population of Kamyzyak accounting for 33.5% of that number.

History
The district was established on July 14, 1925 when Astrakhan Governorate's administrative-territorial system was changed from uyezds and volosts to districts and rural communities. In May 1944, a part of the district's territory was transferred to Travinsky and Zelenginsky Districts. When Travinsky District was abolished in 1963, its territory was merged into Kamyzyaksky District.