Kyakhtinsky District Explained

En Name:Kyakhtinsky District
Ru Name:Кяхтинский район
Loc Name1:Хяагтын аймаг
Loc Lang1:Buryat
Image View:Lake Kiran.jpg
Coordinates:50.35°N 133°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Kyahtinsky rayon (Buryatiya).jpg
Federal Subject:Republic of Buryatia
Adm Data As Of:July 2013
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Kyakhta
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban-type settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:8
Selsoviet Type2:Somons
No Of Selsoviets Type2:5
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:40
Mun Data As Of:October 2014
Mun Formation1:Kyakhtinsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:2
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:15
Area Km2:4684
Pop 2010Census:39785
Urban Pop 2010Census:58.9%
Rural Pop 2010Census:41.1%
Established Date:December 12, 1923
Website:http://admkht.ru
Date:February 2015
Population of Kyakhtinsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:39,785
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:40,673
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:45,224
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:42,755

Kyakhtinsky District (Russian: Кя́хтинский райо́н, pronounced as /ru/; Buriat: Хяагтын аймаг|Khiaagtyn aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] 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 4684km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 39,785, with the population of Kyakhta accounting for 50.3% of that number.

Geography

The district is located in southern Buryatia, near the Mongolia–Russia border, in the geographical region of the Selenga Highlands.

History

The district was established on December 12, 1923.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kyakhtinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Kyakhta), one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Naushki), eight selsoviets, and five somons, all of which comprise forty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kyakhtinsky Municipal District. The town (together with one rural locality—the settlement of Sudzha) and the urban-type settlement are incorporated as two urban settlements, and the eight selsoviets and five somons are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Kyakhta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

  1. Resolution #431
  2. Law #985-III
  3. Official website of the Buryat Republic. Information about Kyakhtinsky District