Arkharinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #91-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Arkhara.According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Arkharinsky District, Law #91-OZ is used. Population: 21,068 (2002 Census); The population of Arkhara accounts for 55.8% of the district's total population.
Geography There is a wide floodplain by the Amur River in the district, to the northeast there is a terraced lowland plain, followed by the hills and plains of the Arkhara River basin, a tributary of the Amur River. To the north rises the southern end of the Turan Range.Google Earth References Notes
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