Volchikhinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #106-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Volchikha. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,703, with the population of Volchikha accounting for 52.8% of that number.
History The district was established on September 24, 1924 within Omsk Governorate and existed until February 1, 1963.Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai, pp. 342 and 347 It was re-established on January 14, 1965.
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Исполнительный комитет Алтайского краевого Совета народных депутатов. Архивный отдел. Государственный архив Алтайского края. "Справочник административно-территориальных изменений на Алтае, 1917–1980" (Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai, 1917–1980). Барнаул, Алтайское книжное издательство, 1987.
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