Tunkinsky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Tunkinsky District (Russian: Тунки́нский райо́н; Buryat: Түнхэнэй аймаг, Tünkhenei aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 11,791.62 square kilometers (4,552.77 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kyren.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,672, with the population of Kyren accounting for 23.8% of that number.[2]
Tunkinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Түнхэнэй аймаг |
Volcanoes near the settlement of Arshan in Tunkinsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tunkinsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′N 102°08′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | 12 December 1923 |
| Administrative center | Kyren[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,791.62 km2 (4,552.77 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,672 |
| • Density | 1.9227/km2 (4.9798/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 5 Selsoviets, 7 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 35 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tunkinsky Municipal District[3] |
| • Municipal divisions[3] | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [4]) |
| OKTMO ID | 81651000 |
| Website | http://admtnk.sdep.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 22,672[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 24,173[5] |
| 1989 Census | 27,771[6] |
| 1979 Census | 27,429[7] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tunkinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into five selsoviets and seven somons, which comprise thirty-five rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tunkinsky Municipal District.[3] Its five selsoviets and seven somons are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The selo of Kyren serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[3] district.