Administrative divisions of Tuva
The administrative-territorial structure of the Tyva Republic is regulated by the Law #627 VKh-2, adopted on March 19, 2008.[3] According to the law, the units of the administrative division mirror the municipal divisions of the republic and include the municipal districts, urban okrugs, urban settlements, and rural settlements.
The law also allows the use of alternative terminology to refer to the units of the administrative divisions. The term "municipal district" is used on par with the ethnic term "kozhuun", while the term "rural settlement" is used on par with the ethnic term "sumon".[4]
"Kozhuun" (Russian and Tuvan: кожуун) is the Tuvan term of a historical feudal administrative division known as a banner. Tuva historically had nine kozhuuns named Tozhu, Salchak, Oyunnar, Khemchik, Khaasuut, Shalyk, Nibazy, Daa-van and Choodu, and Beezi. Each kozhuun was divided into sumu which was then subdivided into arban. In modern Tuva, the term "arban" is still used to refer to a type of rural locality, which has a population of fewer than 500 inhabitants and no independent budget.[5]
List of administrative divisions
- Cities and towns under republic's jurisdiction:
- Districts (kozhuuns):
- Barun-Khemchiksky (Барун-Хемчикский)
- with 9 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Bay-Tayginsky (Бай-Тайгинский)
- with 7 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Chaa-Kholsky (Чаа-Хольский)
- with 4 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Chedi-Kholsky (Чеди-Хольский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- with 5 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Dzun-Khemchiksky (Дзун-Хемчикский)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- with 11 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Erzinsky (Эрзинский)
- with 6 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kaa-Khemsky (Каа-Хемский)
- with 11 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kyzylsky (Кызылский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- with 9 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Mongun-Tayginsky (Монгун-Тайгинский)
- with 2 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Ovyursky (Овюрский)
- with 6 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Piy-Khemsky (Пий-Хемский)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- with 7 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Sut-Kholsky (Сут-Хольский)
- with 7 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tandinsky (Тандинский)
- with 8 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tere-Kholsky (Тере-Хольский)
- with 1 sumon under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tes-Khemsky (Тес-Хемский)
- with 8 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Todzhinsky (Тоджинский)
- with 6 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
- Ulug-Khemsky (Улуг-Хемский)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- with 9 sumons under the district's jurisdiction.
References
Notes
- ^ Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 93», в ред. изменения №168/2011 от 1 октября 2011 г. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 93, as amended by the Amendment #168/2010 of October 1, 2011. ).
- ^ Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject
- ^ Law #627 VKh-2
- ^ Law #627 VKh-2, Article 2.2
- ^ Law #627 VKh-2, Article 2.1
Sources
- Закон №627 ВХ-2 от 19 марта 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Тыва». Вступил в силу через десять дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Шын", №36, 8 апреля 2008 г. (Law #627 VKh-2 of March 19, 2008 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Tyva Republic. Effective as of the date which is ten days after the day of the official publication).