Todzhinsky District
District in Tuva Republic, Russia
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Todzhinsky District (Russian: Тоджи́нский кожуун; Tuvan: Тожу кожуун, Toju kojuun) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 44,800 square kilometers (17,300 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Toora-Khem.[1] Population: 6,020 (2010 census);[3] 5,931 (2002 Census);[5] 6,448 (1989 Soviet census).[6] The population of Toora-Khem accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.[3]
Todzhinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tuvan | Тожу кожуун |
Sayan, in Todzhinsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Todzhinsky District in the Tuva Republic | |
| Coordinates: 52.778°N 96.911°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tuva Republic[1] |
| Administrative center | Toora-Khem[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 44,800 km2 (17,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,020 |
| • Density | 0.134/km2 (0.348/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 6 sumon |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 7 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Todzhinsky Municipal District[2] |
| • Municipal divisions[2] | 0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [4]) |
| OKTMO ID | 93650000 |
| Website | http://todzhinsky.ru/ |
Geography and economy
The district is located in the isolated part of the republic, far from its developed regions.[2] As a result, its location impedes the economic development of the territory and infrastructure.[2] Ship transport is the main means of communication with the rest of the republic in summer.[2] The district border Piy-Khemsky and Kyzylsky District to the southwest, Kaa-Khemsky District to south and southeast, Kuraginsky and Karatuzsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai to the northwest and west, Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast to the northeast, Okinsky District of Republic of Buryatia in the east.