Kizhinginsky District
Кижингинский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Buryat | Хэжэнгын аймаг |
![]() Dzharun Khashor, the largest
stupa in the Republic of Buryatia, is located in Kizhinginsky District | |
Location of Kizhinginsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
Coordinates: 51°51′N 109°55′E / 51.850°N 109.917°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia [1] |
Established | December 12,[ citation needed] 1940 [2] |
Administrative center | Kizhinga [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,871 km2 (3,039 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,509 |
• Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Selsoviets, 7 Somons |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 21 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kizhinginsky Municipal District [4] |
• Municipal divisions [4] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone |
UTC+8 (
MSK+5
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OKTMO ID | 81627000 |
Website | http://www.adm.kizhinga.ru |
2010 Census | 16,509 [3] |
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2002 Census | 18,142 [6] |
1989 Census | 21,769 [7] |
1979 Census | 21,048 [8] |
Kizhinginsky District ( Russian: Кижинги́нский райо́н; Buryat: Хэжэнгын аймаг, Khejengyn 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 7,871 square kilometers (3,039 sq mi). [2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kizhinga. [1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,509, with the population of Kizhinga accounting for 38.6% of that number. [3]
The district was established on December 12,[ citation needed] 1940, [2] when its territory was split from Khorinsky District.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizhinginsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. [1] The district is divided into two selsoviets and seven somons, which comprise twenty-one rural localities. [1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kizhinginsky Municipal District. [4] Its two selsoviets and seven somons are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. [4] The selo of Kizhinga serves as the administrative center of both the administrative [1] and municipal [4] district.
Kizhinginsky District
Кижингинский район | |
---|---|
Other transcription(s) | |
• Buryat | Хэжэнгын аймаг |
![]() Dzharun Khashor, the largest
stupa in the Republic of Buryatia, is located in Kizhinginsky District | |
Location of Kizhinginsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
Coordinates: 51°51′N 109°55′E / 51.850°N 109.917°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia [1] |
Established | December 12,[ citation needed] 1940 [2] |
Administrative center | Kizhinga [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,871 km2 (3,039 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,509 |
• Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Selsoviets, 7 Somons |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 21 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kizhinginsky Municipal District [4] |
• Municipal divisions [4] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone |
UTC+8 (
MSK+5
![]() |
OKTMO ID | 81627000 |
Website | http://www.adm.kizhinga.ru |
2010 Census | 16,509 [3] |
---|---|
2002 Census | 18,142 [6] |
1989 Census | 21,769 [7] |
1979 Census | 21,048 [8] |
Kizhinginsky District ( Russian: Кижинги́нский райо́н; Buryat: Хэжэнгын аймаг, Khejengyn 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 7,871 square kilometers (3,039 sq mi). [2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kizhinga. [1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,509, with the population of Kizhinga accounting for 38.6% of that number. [3]
The district was established on December 12,[ citation needed] 1940, [2] when its territory was split from Khorinsky District.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizhinginsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. [1] The district is divided into two selsoviets and seven somons, which comprise twenty-one rural localities. [1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kizhinginsky Municipal District. [4] Its two selsoviets and seven somons are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. [4] The selo of Kizhinga serves as the administrative center of both the administrative [1] and municipal [4] district.