title: Sharlyksky District
text: # Sharlyksky District
  
  Sharlyksky District (Russian: Шарлыкский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,900 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sharlyk. Population: 18,032 (2010 Census); 22,128 (2002 Census); 23,797 (1989 Census). The population of Sharlyk accounts for 42.0% of the total district's population.
  
  ## Famous natives
  
  * Sagit Agish was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright.
  