Yeravninsky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Yeravninsky District (Russian: Ера́внинский райо́н; Buryat: Яруунын аймаг, Yaruunyn 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is 25,600 square kilometers (9,900 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,705, with the population of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye accounting for 32.8% of that number.[3]
Yeravninsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Яруунын аймаг |
Bolshoy Yeravna Lake in Yeravninsky District | |
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 Location of Yeravninsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 52°31′N 111°32′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | September 26, 1927[2] |
| Administrative center | Sosnovo-Ozerskoye[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,600 km2 (9,900 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 18,705 |
| • Density | 0.731/km2 (1.89/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 6 Selsoviets, 8 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 22 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Yeravninsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 81615000 |
| Website | http://yaruuna.ru |
| 2010 Census | 18,705[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 18,783[6] |
| 1989 Census | 21,913[7] |
| 1979 Census | 22,501[8] |
Geography
The territory of the district is bound by foothills of large mountain ranges on all sides: from the southeast the spurs of the Yablonoi Mountains, from the south the Tsagan-Khurtei Range and from the west the Selenga Highlands. The Konda River flows across the district. The Yeravna-Khorga Lake System is located in the western part.[9]
History
The district was established on September 26, 1927.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeravninsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into six selsoviets and eight somons, which comprise twenty-two rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yeravninsky Municipal District.[4] Its six selsoviets and eight somons are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.