Zaigrayevsky District

Zaigrayevsky District
Заиграевский район (Russian)
Загарайн аймаг (Buryat)

Location of Zaigrayevsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 52°50′N 108°16′E / 52.833°N 108.267°ECoordinates: 52°50′N 108°16′E / 52.833°N 108.267°E

Window decorations of a Semeiskie (Old Believers) house in the selo of Novaya Bryan in Zaigrayevsky District
Flag
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia[1]
Administrative structure (as of July 2013)
Administrative center work settlement of Zaigrayevo[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Urban-type settlements 2
Selsoviets 10
Somons 1
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements 2
Rural localities 43
Municipal structure (as of October 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Zaigrayevsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 17
Statistics
Area 6,605 km2 (2,550 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 49,975 inhabitants[4]
- Urban 32.6%
- Rural 67.4%
Density 7.57/km2 (19.6/sq mi)[5]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[6]
Established February 11, 1935[7]
Official website
Population of Zaigrayevsky District
2010 Census 49,975[4]
2002 Census 50,896[8]
1989 Census 56,533[9]
1979 Census 52,452[10]

Zaigrayevsky District (Russian: Заигра́евский райо́н; Buryat: Загарайн аймаг) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 6,605 square kilometers (2,550 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Zaigrayevo.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 49,975, with the population of Zaigrayevo accounting for 11.2% of that number.[4]

History

The district was established on February 11, 1935.[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zaigrayevsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] It is divided into two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Zaigrayevo and Onokhoy), ten selsoviets, and one somon, all of which comprise forty-three rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zaigrayevsky Municipal District.[2] Zaigrayevo Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district.[2] The other urban settlement (Onokhoy Urban Settlement) within the municipal district incorporates the urban-type settlement of Onokhoy with the selo of Todogto and two rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon (the selo of Stary Onokhoy and the ulus of Onokhoy-Shibir).[11] The remaining rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon and the ten selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[2] The urban-type settlement of Zaigrayevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[2] district.

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Resolution #431
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Law #985-III
  3. 3.0 3.1 Official website of Zaigrayevsky District. About the district. (Russian)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. 7.0 7.1 Official website of Zaigrayevsky District. History of the district. (Russian)
  8. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  11. According to Law #985-III, Onokhoy Urban Settlement includes the urban-type settlement of Onokhoy and the selo of Todogto, as well as two rural localities (Stary Onokhoy and Onokhoy-Shibir) listed as a part of Dabatuysky Somon in Resolution #431

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