title: Kartalinsky District
text: # Kartalinsky District
  
  Kartalinsky District (Russian: Картали́нский райо́н; Kazakh: Қарталы ауданы, Qartaly aýdany) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,737 square kilometers (1,829 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kartaly. Population (excluding the administrative center): 20,256 (2010 Census); 21,961 (2002 Census); 22,170 (1989 Census).
  
  ## Administrative and municipal status
  
  Within the framework of administrative divisions, it has a status of a town with territorial district—a unit equal in status to administrative districts—the full name of which is The Town of Kartaly and Kartalinsky District (город Карталы и Карталинский район). As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kartalinsky Municipal District.
  
  