Orlovsky District (Russian: Орло́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,300 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Orlovsky. Population: 40,894 (2010 Census); 41,768 (2002 Census); 39,386 (1989 Census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 48.9% of the district's total population.