Kalarsky District Explained

En Name:Kalarsky District
Ru Name:Каларский район
Image View:Верховья реки Средний Сакукан.jpg
Coordinates:56.5°N 148°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Kalar rayon (Chita oblast).png
Federal Subject:Zabaykalsky Krai
Adm Data As Of:January 2012
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Chara
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:8
Mun Data As Of:November 2011
Mun Formation1:Kalarsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:4
Mun Formation1 Counts Ref:[1]
Area Km2:56800
Area Km2 Ref:[2]
Pop 2010Census:9051
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Established Date:September 2, 1938
Website:http://xn--80aa2af0a.xn--80aaaac8algcbgbck3fl0q.xn--p1ai/
Date:August 2011

Kalarsky District (Russian: Каларский район) is an administrative[3] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai, and borders with Tungokochensky District in the south. The area of the district is 56800km2.[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chara. Population: 9,785 (2002 Census); The population of Chara accounts for 21.0% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established on September 2, 1938.

Geography

It is the northernmost district of Transbaikalia. The relief is mostly mountainous and includes the Kodar Range, with the highest point of Transbaikalia, Peak BAM, as well as the Udokan Range, Kalar Range and part of the Patom Highlands, among others. There are also vast intermontane basins, and the unique Chara Sands area. On the territory of the region flow many rivers: In the west the Vitim, in the center and the north the Chara river with its tributaries, and in the southern and western parts of the region some Vitim tributaries, such as the Kalar, Konda and Syulban. Among the lakes, the deep Nichatka, the Bolshoye Leprindo and the Leprindokan deserve mention.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #317-ZZK
  2. Web site: Kalarsky District, Encyclopedia of Trans-Baikal . Transbaikal State University. ru. June 22, 2016.
  3. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  4. Law #316-ZZK
  5. http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=9078 Каларский район - Энциклопедия Забайкалья