Bauntovsky District Explained

En Name:Bauntovsky District
Ru Name:Баунтовский район
Loc Name1:Бабанта (Баунтын) аймаг
Loc Lang1:Buryat
Image View:Ozero Baunt.jpg
Coordinates:54.6667°N 144°W
Federal Subject:Republic of Buryatia
Adm Data As Of:July 2013
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Bagdarin
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:9
No Of Rural Localities:24
Mun Data As Of:October 2014
Mun Formation1:Bauntovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:9
Area Of What:municipal district
Area Km2:66816
Pop 2010Census:9667
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Pop Latest:9,161
Pop Latest Date:January 2013
Pop Latest Ref:[1]
Website:http://www.bauntrb.ru
Date:February 2015
Population of Bauntovsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:9,667
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:10,907
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:26,594
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:12,033

Bauntovsky District (Russian: Ба́унтовский райо́н; Buriat: Бабанта (Баунтын) аймаг, Babanta (Bauntyn) aimag) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 66816km2.[4] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bagdarin. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,667, with the population of Bagdarin accounting for 49.0% of that number.

Etymology

The district is named after Lake Baunt.

Geography

Most of the district's territory is located on the Vitim Plateau. To the west rises the Ikat Range and to the northeast, the Babanty Mountains, stretching from southwest to northeast from the Big Khapton and Little Khapton ridges to the Vitim River. The Southern Muya Range rises in the northwestern sector of the district, with lake Dorong. The Baunt Depression, along which the Tsipa River flows, stretches between the Tsipikan Mountains and the South Muya Range. Baunt, after which the district is named, as well as Busani are lakes located in the depression. To the southwest the Kapylyushi lake is on the northern side of the Tsipikan banks.[5]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bauntovsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. The district is divided into nine selsoviets, comprising twenty-four rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bauntovsky Municipal District. Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Bagdarin serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census the ethnic breakdown of Bauntovsky District was the following:
Russians

76.08%
Buryats: 14.07%
Evenks: 5.04%
Others: 4.81%

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Official website of Bauntovsky District. General Information
  2. Resolution #431
  3. Law #985-III
  4. Official website of the Buryat Republic. Information about Bauntovsky District
  5. https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1051/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%82 Баунт - Water of Russia