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Kyakhtinsky District


FieldValue
en_nameKyakhtinsky District
ru_nameКяхтинский район
loc_name1Хяагтын аймаг
loc_lang1Buryat
image_map
map_captionLocation of Kyakhtinsky District in the Buryat Republic
image_viewLake Kiran.jpg
image_captionLake Kiran in Kyakhtinsky District
coordinates
image_flagFlag of Kyahtinsky rayon (Buryatiya).jpg
image_coaCoat of Arms of Kyahtinsky rayon (Buryatiya).jpg
federal_subjectRepublic of Buryatia
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_nameKyakhta
adm_ctr_ref
town_of_district_significance_typeTowns
no_of_towns_of_district_significance1
urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_typeUrban-type settlements
no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance1
selsoviet_type1Selsoviets
no_of_selsoviets_type18
selsoviet_type2Somons
no_of_selsoviets_type25
no_of_cities_towns1
no_of_urban-type_settlements1
no_of_rural_localities40
counts_ref
mun_formation1Kyakhtinsky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements2
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements15
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km24684
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census39785
urban_pop_2010census58.9%
rural_pop_2010census41.1%
established_dateDecember 12, 1923
established_date_ref
websitehttps://admkht.gosuslugi.ru/

|urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Urban-type settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=1 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=1 Kyakhtinsky District (, ; ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 4684 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 39,785, with the population of Kyakhta accounting for 50.3% of that number.

Geography

The district is located in southern Buryatia, near the Mongolia–Russia border, in the geographical region of the Selenga Highlands.

History

The district was established on December 12, 1923.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kyakhtinsky 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 Kyakhta), one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Naushki), eight selsoviets, and five somons, all of which comprise forty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kyakhtinsky Municipal District. The town (together with one rural locality—the settlement of Sudzha) and the urban-type settlement are incorporated as two urban settlements, and the eight selsoviets and five somons are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Kyakhta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
  2. {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
  3. {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
  4. Resolution #431
  5. Law #985-III
  6. ru
  7. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
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