Zakamensky District Explained

En Name:Zakamensky District
Ru Name:Закаменский район
Loc Name1:Захааминай аймаг
Loc Lang1:Buryat
Image View:Закаменский пейзаж.jpg
Coordinates:55.75°N 129°W
Image Coa:Герб Закаменского района.gif
Federal Subject:Republic of Buryatia
Adm Data As Of:November 2015
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Zakamensk
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:5
Selsoviet Type2:Somons
No Of Selsoviets Type2:18
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:26
Mun Data As Of:October 2015
Mun Formation1:Zakamensky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:22
Area Km2:15320
Pop 2010Census:28453
Urban Pop 2010Census:40.5%
Rural Pop 2010Census:59.5%
Website:http://mcu-zakamna.ru
Date:August 2015
Population of Zakamensky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:28,453
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:29,692
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:34,533
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:32,372

Zakamensky District (Russian: Зака́менский райо́н; Buriat: Захааминай аймаг, Zakhaaminai 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 southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 15320km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Zakamensk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,453, with the population of Zakamensk accounting for 40.5% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zakamensky 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 Zakamensk), five selsoviets, and eighteen somons, which comprise twenty-six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zakamensky Municipal District. The Town of Zakamensk and Kholtosonsky Selsoviet are incorporated as Zakamensk Urban Settlement, while the remaining four selsoviets and eighteen somons are incorporated into twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Zakamensk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

History of the municipal divisions

Kholtosonsky Selsoviet used to be municipally incorporated as Kholtosonskoye Rural Settlement, but the latter was merged into Zakamensk Urban Settlement on July 18, 2015.

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Notes and References

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