Yelansky District

Yelansky District (Еланский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Yelansky Municipal District. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2672 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Yelan. Population: 36,212 (2002 Census);  The population of Yelan accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.