Chemalsky District (, Chemal'skiy rayon; , Çamal aymak) is an administrativeLaw #101-RZ and municipalLaw #10-RZ district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chemal. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,441, with the population of Chemal accounting for 38.2% of that number.
History The district was established on August 26, 1992, when it was split from Shebalinsky District.Official website of Chemalsky District. History
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chemalsky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chemalsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same seven rural settlements, comprising nineteen rural localities. The selo of Chemal serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
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