| En Name: | Bodaybinsky District |
| Ru Name: | Бодайбинский район |
| Image View: | Дом культуры - panoramio.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 58.5°N 116°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Bodaibo (Irkutsk oblast).svg |
| Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | July 2013 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | town |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Bodaybo |
| No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 4 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 7 |
| Counts Ref: | [1] |
| Mun Data As Of: | November 2012 |
| Mun Formation1: | Bodaybinsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 5 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 1 |
| Area Km2: | 92000 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 7887 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 79.1% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 20.9% |
| Website: | http://www.pribaikal.ru/bodajbo.html |
| Date: | December 2011 |
Bodaybinsky District (Russian: Бодайбинский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.[2] Municipally, it is incorporated as Bodaybinsky Municipal District.[3] The area of the district is 92000km2.[4] Its administrative center is the town of Bodaybo.[5] Population: 10,817 (2002 Census);
It is located in the Patom Highlands, as well as partly in the Stanovoy Highlands, in the northeastern zone of the oblast. The district is largely mountainous and its highest point is 2988m (9,803feet) high Pik Martena located in the Kodar Range. It borders with Yakutia (Sakha Republic) in the north and northeast, with Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai in the south and southeast, and with the Mamsko-Chuysky District in the west. The Zhuya river cuts across the district and the Bolshoy Patom flows in a wide arch to the west and to the north. Besides Bodaybo, some of the settlements of the district are Aprilsk, Artyomovsky, Balakhninsky, Kropotkin, Mamakan, Svetly, Vasilievsky, Perevoz and Bolshoy Patom.[6]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bodaybinsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Bodaybo serves as its administrative center.[7]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bodaybinsky Municipal District.