title: Shushensky District
text: # Shushensky District
  
  Shushensky District (Russian: Шу́шенский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai and borders with Minusinsky District in the north, Karatuzsky District in the northeast, Yermakovsky District in the east and southeast, the Tuva Republic in the southwest, and with the Republic of Khakassia in the west. The area of the district is 10,140 square kilometers (3,920 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Shushenskoye. Population: 33,216 (2010 Census); 36,891 (2002 Census); 37,628 (1989 Census). The population of Shushenskoye accounts for 52.7% of the district's total population.
  
  ## History
  
  The district was founded on January 5, 1944.
  
  ## Government
  
  As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Anatoly G. Kerzik.
  
  