Krasnoyarsky District (Russian: Красноя́рский райо́н; Kazakh: Қызылжар ауданы, Qyzyljar aýdany) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,260.48 square kilometers (2,031.08 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Krasny Yar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 35,615, with the population of Krasny Yar accounting for 33.2% of that number.

History

The district was established in July 1925.