Severo-Baykalsky District Explained

En Name:Severo-Baykalsky District
Ru Name:Северо-Байкальский район
Loc Name1:Хойто-Байгалай аймаг
Loc Lang1:Buryat
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Coordinates:56°N 141°W
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Federal Subject:Republic of Buryatia
Adm Data As Of:July 2013
Adm Ctr Type:urban-type settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Nizhneangarsk
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban-type settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:4
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:6
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:4
No Of Rural Localities:8
Mun Data As Of:October 2014
Mun Formation1:Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:4
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:6
Mun Formation1 Leader Title:Head
Mun Formation1 Leader Name:Igor Pukharev
Mun Formation1 Representative Body:Council of People's Deputies
Area Km2:54000
Pop 2010Census:14035
Urban Pop 2010Census:76.7%
Rural Pop 2010Census:23.3%
Established Date:September 10, 1925
Website:http://www.sb-raion.ru
Date:November 2009
Population of Severo-Baykalsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:14,035
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:16,446
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:40,213
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:37,630

Severo-Baykalsky District (Russian: Се́веро-Байка́льский райо́н; Buriat: Хойто-Байгалай аймаг, Khoito-Baigalai 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 northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 54000km2.[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Nizhneangarsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,035, with the population of Nizhneangarsk accounting for 35.8% of that number.

History

The district was established on September 10, 1925.

Geography

The district is located in the north of Buryatia, encompassing the northern part of Lake Baikal from three sides. In the west and north, the area along the watershed of the Baikal Mountains and the North Baikal Highlands borders on Irkutsk Oblast; in the east, along the ranges connecting the Northern Muya Range and Southern Muya Range it borders with the Muisky District and a small section of the Bauntovsky District; in the southeast it includes the watershed of the Barguzin Range and borders with the Kurumkansky District and in the far south, with a small area of the Barguzinsky District.[4] The district border Irkutsk Oblast: Olkhonsky and Kachugsky District to the south and southwest, Kazachinsko-Lensky District to the west, Kirensky District to the northwest, Mamsko-Chuysky District to the north, and Bodaybinsky District to the northeast.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Severo-Baykalsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into four urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Kichera, Nizhneangarsk, Novy Uoyan, and Yanchukan) and six selsoviets, all of which comprise eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District. The four urban-type settlements are incorporated as four urban settlements, and the six selsoviets are incorporated as six rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Nizhneangarsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Nature

The Barguzin Nature Reserve is located on the territory of the district. The district is also home to the Kholodninsky mine, one of the largest lead and zinc deposits in Russia.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Resolution #431
  2. Law #985-III
  3. Official website of the Republic of Buryatia. Information about Severo-Baykalsky District
  4. [Google Earth]