Kaltasinsky District (, Qaltası rayonı;, Kaltasa kundem) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic and borders Yanaulsky District to the north, Burayevsky District to the east and southeast, Dyurtyulinsky District to the south and Krasnokamsky District to the west. The area of the district is 1548.35 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kaltasy. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,268, with the population of Kaltasy accounting for 16.8% of that number.

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kaltasinsky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The district is divided into eleven selsoviets, comprising seventy-nine rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kaltasinsky Municipal District. Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Kaltasy serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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