Kyakhtinsky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Kyakhtinsky District (Russian: Кя́хтинский райо́н, Russian pronunciation: [ˈkʲæxtʲɪnskʲɪj rəˈjon]; Buryat: Хяагтын аймаг, romanized: Khiaagtyn aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] 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 4,684 square kilometers (1,809 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta.[1] 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.[3]
Kyakhtinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Хяагтын аймаг |
Lake Kiran in Kyakhtinsky District | |
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 Location of Kyakhtinsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°21′N 106°27′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | December 12, 1923[2] |
| Administrative center | Kyakhta[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,684 km2 (1,809 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 39,785 |
| • Density | 8.494/km2 (22.00/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 58.9% |
| • Rural | 41.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 1 Urban-type settlements, 8 Selsoviets, 5 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[4], 40 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kyakhtinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 2 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 81633000 |
| Website | https://admkht.gosuslugi.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 39,785[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 40,673[7] |
| 1989 Census | 45,224[8] |
| 1979 Census | 42,755[9] |
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.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kyakhtinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] 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.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kyakhtinsky Municipal District.[5] 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.[5] The town of Kyakhta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[5] district.