Baleysky District
District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
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Baleysky District (Russian: Балейский район) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the krai, and borders Nerchinsky District in the north, Shelopuginsky District in the east, Borzinsky District in the south, and with Olovyanninsky District in the west. The area of the district is 5,000 square kilometers (1,900 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Baley.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,500, with the population of Baley accounting for 61.1% of that number.[3]
Baleysky District
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 Location of Baleysky District in Zabaykalsky Krai | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′N 116°55′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai[1] |
| Established | February 11, 1935[1] |
| Administrative center | Baley[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,500 |
| 17,985 (−12.3%) | |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 61.1% |
| • Rural | 38.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 31 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Baleysky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 76606000 |
| Website | http://xn--80abnqi.xn--80aaaac8algcbgbck3fl0q.xn--p1ai/ |
| 2010 Census | 20,500[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 9,720[8] |
| 1989 Census | 11,716[9] |
| 1979 Census | 12,430[10] |
History
The district was established on February 11, 1935.[1]