Dzhidinsky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Dzhidinsky District (Russian: Джиди́нский райо́н; Buryat: Зэдын аймаг, Zedyn aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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 8,600 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Petropavlovka.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,352, with the population of Petropavlovka accounting for 25.4% of that number.[3]
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Dzhidinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Зэдын аймаг |
Mount Kharaty, a natural monument, as seen from the selo of Dzhida | |
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 Location of Dzhidinsky District in the Republic of Buryatia | |
| Coordinates: 50°36′N 105°19′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | 1935 |
| Administrative center | Petropavlovka[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,600 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 29,352 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 18.4% |
| • Rural | 81.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 15 Selsoviets, 8 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 38 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Dzhidinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 22 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 81612000 |
| Website | http://admdzd.sdep.ru |
| 2010 Census | 29,352[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 32,449[6] |
| 1989 Census | 35,390[7] |
| 1979 Census | 34,212[8] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dzhidinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into fifteen selsoviets and eight somons, which comprise thirty-eight rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dzhidinsky Municipal District.[4] Its fifteen selsoviets and eight somons are incorporated as twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Petropavlovka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.