Muysky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Muysky District (Russian: Му́йский райо́н; Buryat: Муяын аймаг, Muyayn 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 northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 25,164.1 square kilometers (9,715.9 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Taksimo.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,142, with the population of Taksimo accounting for 71.8% of that number.[3]
Muysky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Муяын аймаг |
Mountains in Muysky District | |
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 Location of Muysky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 56°20′N 114°54′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | October 23, 1989[2] |
| Administrative center | Taksimo[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,164.1 km2 (9,715.9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,142 |
| • Density | 0.52225/km2 (1.3526/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 88.5% |
| • Rural | 11.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Urban-type settlements, 2 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 2 urban-type settlements[4], 6 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Muysky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 2 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 81635000 |
| Website | http://www.admmsk.ru |
| 2010 Census | 13,142[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 16,641[7] |
History
The district was established on October 23, 1989 from parts of the territories of Bauntovsky and Severo-Baykalsky Districts.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Muysky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] It is divided into two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Severomuysk and Taksimo) and two selsoviets, which comprise six rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Muysky Municipal District.[5] Severomuysk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district.[5] The other urban settlement within the municipal district incorporates two administrative divisions—Taksimo Urban-Type Settlement and Bambuysky Selsoviet.[8] The remaining selsoviet is incorporated as a rural settlement within the municipal district.[5] The urban-type settlement of Taksimo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[5] district.