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Severo-Baykalsky District


FieldValue
en_nameSevero-Baykalsky District
ru_nameСеверо-Байкальский район
loc_name1Хойто-Байгалай аймаг
loc_lang1Buryat
image_map
map_captionLocation of Severo-Baykalsky District in the Republic of Buryatia
image_viewПо дороге к "вратам времени"!.jpg
image_captionAyaya, North Baikal area, Severo-Baikalsky District
coordinates
image_coaCoat of arms of Severo-Baykalsky District (Digital version).jpg
federal_subjectRepublic of Buryatia
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_nameNizhneangarsk
adm_ctr_ref
urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_typeUrban-type settlements
no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance4
selsoviet_type1Selsoviets
no_of_selsoviets_type16
no_of_urban-type_settlements4
no_of_rural_localities8
counts_ref
mun_formation1Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements4
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements6
mun_formation1_counts_ref
mun_formation1_leader_titleHead
mun_formation1_leader_nameIgor Pukharev
mun_formation1_representative_bodyCouncil of People's Deputies
area_km254000
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census14035
urban_pop_2010census76.7%
rural_pop_2010census23.3%
established_dateSeptember 10, 1925
websitehttp://www.sb-raion.ru

|urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Urban-type settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=4 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=4 Severo-Baykalsky District (; , Khoito-Baigalai aimag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 54000 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Nizhneangarsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,035, with the population of Nizhneangarsk accounting for 35.8% of that number.

History

The district was established on September 10, 1925.

Geography

The district is located in the north of Buryatia, encompassing the northern part of Lake Baikal from three sides. In the west and north, the area along the watershed of the Baikal Mountains and the North Baikal Highlands borders on Irkutsk Oblast; in the east, along the ranges connecting the Northern Muya Range and Southern Muya Range it borders with the Muisky District and a small section of the Bauntovsky District; in the southeast it includes the watershed of the Barguzin Range and borders with the Kurumkansky District and in the far south, with a small area of the Barguzinsky District. The district border Irkutsk Oblast: Olkhonsky and Kachugsky District to the south and southwest, Kazachinsko-Lensky District to the west, Kirensky District to the northwest, Mamsko-Chuysky District to the north, and Bodaybinsky District to the northeast.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Severo-Baykalsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into four urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Kichera, Nizhneangarsk, Novy Uoyan, and Yanchukan) and six selsoviets, all of which comprise eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District. The four urban-type settlements are incorporated as four urban settlements, and the six selsoviets are incorporated as six rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Nizhneangarsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Nature

The Barguzin Nature Reserve is located on the territory of the district. The district is also home to the Kholodninsky mine, one of the largest lead and zinc deposits in Russia.

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References

  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
  8. [[Google Earth]]
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