Chulymsky District
# Chulymsky District

Chulymsky District (Russian: Чулы́мский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 8,500 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Chulym. Population: 23,909 (2010 Census); 26,763 (2002 Census); 31,854 (1989 Census). The population of Chulym accounts for 48.4% of the district's total population.

## Titular nationality

Chulymsky District is named after the Chulyms, a native ethnicity, who are closely related to the Khakas and Tuvans.

## Notable residents

* Yegor Ligachyov (1920–2021), Soviet and Russian politician
