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District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zakamensky District (Russian: Зака́менский райо́н; Buryat: Захааминай аймаг, Zakhaaminai 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 southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 15,320 square kilometers (5,920 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Zakamensk.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,453, with the population of Zakamensk accounting for 40.5% of that number.[3]
Zakamensky District
Закаменский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Buryat | Захааминай аймаг |
![]() Landscape in Zakamensky District | |
![]() Location of Zakamensky District in the Buryat Republic | |
Coordinates: 55°45′N 103°26′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
Established | 1927![]() |
Administrative center | Zakamensk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 15,320 km2 (5,920 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 28,453 |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (4.8/sq mi) |
• Urban | 40.5% |
• Rural | 59.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 5 Selsoviets, 18 Somons |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 26 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Zakamensky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 22 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 81621000 |
Website | http://mcu-zakamna.ru |
2010 Census | 28,453[3] |
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2002 Census | 29,692[6] |
1989 Census | 34,533[7] |
1979 Census | 32,372[8] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zakamensky 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 Zakamensk), five selsoviets, and eighteen somons, which comprise twenty-six rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zakamensky Municipal District.[4] The Town of Zakamensk and Kholtosonsky Selsoviet are incorporated as Zakamensk Urban Settlement, while the remaining four selsoviets and eighteen somons are incorporated into twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The town of Zakamensk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.
Kholtosonsky Selsoviet used to be municipally incorporated as Kholtosonskoye Rural Settlement, but the latter was merged into Zakamensk Urban Settlement on July 18, 2015.
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