Kyakhtinsky District

Kyakhtinsky District
Кяхтинский район (Russian)
Хяагтын аймаг (Buryat)

Location of Kyakhtinsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 50°21′N 106°27′E / 50.350°N 106.450°E / 50.350; 106.450Coordinates: 50°21′N 106°27′E / 50.350°N 106.450°E / 50.350; 106.450

Lake Kiran in Kyakhtinsky District
Coat of arms
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia[1]
Administrative structure (as of July 2013)
Administrative center town of Kyakhta[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Towns 1
Urban-type settlements 1
Selsoviets 8
Somons 5
Inhabited localities:[1]
Cities/towns 1
Urban-type settlements[2] 1
Rural localities 40
Municipal structure (as of October 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Kyakhtinsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 15
Statistics
Area 4,684 km2 (1,809 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 39,785 inhabitants[5]
 Urban 58.9%
 Rural 41.1%
Density 8.49/km2 (22.0/sq mi)[6]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[7]
Established December 12, 1923[4]
Official website
Kyakhtinsky District on WikiCommons
Population of Kyakhtinsky District
2010 Census 39,785[5]
2002 Census 40,673[8]
1989 Census 45,224[9]
1979 Census 42,755[10]

Kyakhtinsky District (Russian: Кя́хтинский райо́н; Buryat: Хяагтын аймаг) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 4,684 square kilometers (1,809 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 39,785, with the population of Kyakhta accounting for 50.3% of that number.[5]

History

The district was established on December 12, 1923.[4]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kyakhtinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Kyakhta), one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Naushki), eight selsoviets, and five somons, all of which comprise forty rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kyakhtinsky Municipal District.[3] The town (together with one rural locality—the settlement of Sudzha) and the urban-type settlement are incorporated as two urban settlements, and the eight selsoviets and five somons are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The town of Kyakhta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[3] district.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Resolution #431
  2. The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #985-III
  4. 1 2 3 4 Official website of the Buryat Republic. Information about Kyakhtinsky District (Russian)
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.).
  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.

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