Nekhayevsky District (Russian: Неха́евский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nekhayevsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,220 square kilometers (860 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Nekhayevskaya. Population: 15,588 (2010 Census); 17,660 (2002 Census); 19,080 (1989 Census). The population of Nekhayevskaya accounts for 30.0% of the district's total population.