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Lagansky District


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en_nameLagansky District
ru_nameЛаганский район
loc_name1Лаганя район
loc_lang1Kalmyk
image_map
map_captionLocation of Lagansky District in the Republic of Kalmykia
image_viewBuddhist temple in Djalykovo, Kalmykia, Russia 01.jpg
image_captionBuddhist temple in Djalykovo, Lagansky District
coordinates
image_coaLagan.gif
federal_subjectRepublic of Kalmykia
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adm_ctr_nameLagan
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town_of_district_significance_typeTowns
no_of_towns_of_district_significance1
selsoviet_type1Rural administrations
no_of_selsoviets_type13
no_of_cities_towns1
no_of_rural_localities5
counts_ref
mun_formation1Lagansky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements1
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements4
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km24685.51
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census20089
urban_pop_2010census71.3%
rural_pop_2010census28.7%
established_date1935
established_date_ref
websitehttp://www.85215.ru/

Lagansky District (; , Laganya rayon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 4685.51 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Lagan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,089, with the population of Lagan accounting for 71.3% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1935. Until 1995, it was called Kaspiysky (Russian: Каспи́йский райо́н, lit. "Caspian"; Kalmyk: Каспийск район, Kaspijsk rajon).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lagansky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Lagan) and three rural administrations, which comprise five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Lagansky Municipal District. The Town of Lagan is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the three rural administration are incorporated as four rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Lagan 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. Decree #137
  5. Law #308-IV-Z
  6. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
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