Lagansky District Explained

En Name:Lagansky District
Ru Name:Лаганский район
Loc Name1:Лаганя район
Loc Lang1:Kalmyk
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Coordinates:45.3833°N 69°W
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Federal Subject:Republic of Kalmykia
Adm Data As Of:June 2011
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Lagan
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Rural administrations
No Of Selsoviets Type1:3
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:5
Mun Data As Of:March 2015
Mun Formation1:Lagansky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:4
Area As Of:June 2011
Area Km2:4685.51
Pop 2010Census:20089
Urban Pop 2010Census:71.3%
Rural Pop 2010Census:28.7%
Established Date:1935
Prev Name1:Kaspiysky District
Prev Name1 Date:1995
Website:http://www.85215.ru/
Date:April 2013
Population of Lagansky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:20,089
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:20,007
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:23,651
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:22,193

Lagansky District (Russian: Лага́нский райо́н; Kalmyk; Oirat: Лаганя район, Laganya rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 4685.51km2. Its administrative center is the town of Lagan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,089, with the population of Lagan accounting for 71.3% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1935. Until 1995, it was called Kaspiysky (Russian: Russian: Каспи́йский райо́н, lit. "Caspian"; Kalmyk: Kalmyk; Oirat: Каспийск район, Kaspijsk rajon).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lagansky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Lagan) and three rural administrations, which comprise five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Lagansky Municipal District. The Town of Lagan is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the three rural administration are incorporated as four rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Lagan serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

  1. Decree #137
  2. Law #308-IV-Z