Kuraginsky District (Russian: Кура́гинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Balakhtinsky, Mansky, Partizansky, and Sayansky Districts in the north, Irkutsk Oblast in the northeast, the Tuva Republic in the southeast, Karatuzsky District in the south, Minusinsky District in the southwest, Krasnoturansky District in the west, and with Idrinsky Districts in the northwest. The area of the district is 24,073 square kilometers (9,295 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kuragino. Population: 47,690 (2010 Census); 51,873 (2002 Census); 54,337 (1989 Census). The population of Kuragino accounts for 28.8% of the d