Krasnoyarsky District, Astrakhan Oblast

Krasnoyarsky District (Красноя́рский райо́н; Қызылжар ауданы, Qyzyljar audany) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 5260.48 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Krasny Yar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 35,615, with the population of Krasny Yar accounting for 33.2% of that number.

History
The district was established in July 1925.