Yeravninsky District

District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Yeravninsky District (Russian: Ера́внинский райо́н; Buryat: Яруунын аймаг, Yaruunyn aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 25,600 square kilometers (9,900 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,705, with the population of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye accounting for 32.8% of that number.[3]

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Yeravninsky District
Еравнинский район
Other transcription(s)
  BuryatЯруунын аймаг
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Bolshoy Yeravna Lake in Yeravninsky District
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Location of Yeravninsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 52°31′N 111°32′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Buryatia[1]
EstablishedSeptember 26, 1927[2]
Administrative centerSosnovo-Ozerskoye[1]
Area
  Total
25,600 km2 (9,900 sq mi)
Population
  Total
18,705
  Density0.73/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions6 Selsoviets, 8 Somons
  Inhabited localities[1]22 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asYeravninsky Municipal District[4]
  Municipal divisions[4]0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 [5])
OKTMO ID81615000
Websitehttp://yaruuna.ru
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Population of Yeravninsky District
2010 Census18,705[3]
2002 Census18,783[6]
1989 Census21,913[7]
1979 Census22,501[8]
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Geography

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Egituysky datsan complex in Yeravninsky District
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Stele at the entrance to the Yeravninsky district

The territory of the district is bound by foothills of large mountain ranges on all sides: from the southeast the spurs of the Yablonoi Mountains, from the south the Tsagan-Khurtei Range and from the west the Selenga Highlands. The Konda River flows across the district. The Yeravna-Khorga Lake System is located in the western part.[9]

History

The district was established on September 26, 1927.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeravninsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into six selsoviets and eight somons, which comprise twenty-two rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yeravninsky Municipal District.[4] Its six selsoviets and eight somons are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.

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