Zarinsky District

Zarinsky District (Зари́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the krai. The area of the district is 5214 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Zarinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:

History
Until 1979, the district was called Sorokinsky (Сорокинский).

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zarinsky District is one of the fifty-nine in the krai. The town of Zarinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zarinsky Municipal District. The town of krai significance of Zarinsk is incorporated separately from the district as Zarinsk Urban Okrug.