Mukhorshibirsky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Mukhorshibirsky District (Russian: Мухоршиби́рский райо́н; Buryat: Мухар Шэбэрэй аймаг, Mukhar Sheberei 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 center of the republic. The area of the district is 4,539 square kilometers (1,753 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Mukhorshibir.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,969, with the population of Mukhorshibir accounting for 20.9% of that number.[3]
Mukhorshibirsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Мухар Шэбэрэй аймаг |
Welcome sign at the border of Mukhorshibirsky District | |
![]() Location of Mukhorshibirsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 51°03′N 107°49′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | September 26, 1927[2] |
| Administrative center | Mukhorshibir[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,539 km2 (1,753 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,969 |
| • Density | 5.501/km2 (14.25/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 13 Selsoviets, 3 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 29 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Mukhorshibirsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 |
| OKTMO ID | 81636000 |
| Website | http://мухоршибирский-район.рф |
| 2010 Census | 24,969[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 28,634[6] |
| 1989 Census | 28,910[7] |
| 1979 Census | 26,433[8] |
History
The district was established on September 26, 1927 from the territory of Verkhneudinsky Uyezd.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mukhorshibirsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into thirteen selsoviets and three somons, which comprise twenty-nine rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mukhorshibirsky Municipal District.[4] Its thirteen selsoviets and three somons are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Mukhorshibir serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.
