En Name: | Zhigalovsky District |
Ru Name: | Жигаловский район |
Image View: | Детские ясли Подсолнушки.jpg |
Image Caption: | Traditional building in Zhigalovo |
Coordinates: | 54.8167°N 114°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Zhigalovski rayon (Irkutsk oblast).gif |
Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Zhigalovo |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 36 |
Counts Ref: | [1] |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Zhigalovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 10 |
Area Km2: | 22640 |
Pop 2010Census: | 9340 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 57.5% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 42.5% |
Website: | http://zhigalovo.irkobl.ru |
Date: | February 2013 |
Zhigalovsky District (ru|Жига́ловский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.[2] Municipally, it is incorporated as Zhigalovsky Municipal District.[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zhigalovo.[4] Population: 10,408 (2002 Census); The population of Zhigalovo accounts for 57.5% of the district's total population.
The district is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau area. The Ilga and Tutura, tributaries of the Lena River, flow across it.[5] The area of the district is 22640km2.[6]
Some of the settlements of the district are Ust-Ilga (Усть-Илга), Konstantinovka (Константиновка), Lukinovo (Лукиново), Bachai (Бачай), Zakharova (Захарова), Timoshino (Тимошино), Butyrina (Бутырина), Kaidakan (Кайдакан), Chikan (Чикан), Tutura (Тутура), Kelora (Келора), Chichek (Чичек), Kachen (Качень), Rudovka (Рудовка), Znamenka (Знаменка), and Nizhnyaya Sloboda (Нижняя Слобода).[5]