En Name: | Todzhinsky District |
Ru Name: | Тоджинский кожуун |
Loc Name1: | Тожу кожуун |
Loc Lang1: | Tuvan |
Image View: | Sayan 080721 184 3689.jpg |
Coordinates: | 52.778°N 96.911°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Todzhinsky District.gif |
Federal Subject: | Tuva Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2007 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Toora-Khem |
Selsoviet Type1: | sumon |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 6 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 7 |
Mun Data As Of: | October 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Todzhinsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 6 |
Area Of What: | municipal district |
Area As Of: | October 2011 |
Area Km2: | 44800 |
Pop 2010Census: | 6020 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://todzhinsky.ru/ |
Date: | January 2013 |
Todzhinsky District (ru|Тоджи́нский кожуун; tyv|Тожу кожуун, Toju kojuun) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 44800km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Toora-Khem. Population: 5,931 (2002 Census); The population of Toora-Khem accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.
The district is located in the isolated part of the republic, far from its developed regions. As a result, its location impedes the economic development of the territory and infrastructure. Ship transport is the main means of communication with the rest of the republic in summer.The district border Piy-Khemsky and Kyzylsky District to the southwest, Kaa-Khemsky District to south and southeast, Kuraginsky and Karatuzsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai to the northwest and west, Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast to the northeast, Okinsky District of Republic of Buryatia in the east.