Zaigrayevsky District
District in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
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Zaigrayevsky District[a] is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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 6,605 square kilometers (2,550 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Zaigrayevo.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 49,975, with the population of Zaigrayevo accounting for 11.2% of that number.[4]
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Zaigrayevsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Загарайн аймаг |
Atsagatsky Datsan, Zaigrayevsky District | |
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 Location of Zaigrayevsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′N 108°16′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
| Established | February 11, 1935[2] |
| Administrative center | Zaigrayevo[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,605 km2 (2,550 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 49,975 |
| • Density | 7.566/km2 (19.60/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 32.6% |
| • Rural | 67.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Urban-type settlements, 10 Selsoviets, 1 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 2 urban-type settlements[5], 43 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zaigrayevsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 81618000 |
| Website | http://zaigraevo.ru |
History
The district was established on February 11, 1935.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zaigrayevsky 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 Zaigrayevo and Onokhoy), ten selsoviets, and one somon, all of which comprise forty-three rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zaigrayevsky Municipal District.[6] Zaigrayevo Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district.[6] The other urban settlement (Onokhoy Urban Settlement) within the municipal district incorporates the urban-type settlement of Onokhoy with the selo of Todogto and two rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon (the selo of Stary Onokhoy and the ulus of Onokhoy-Shibir).[8] The remaining rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon and the ten selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The urban-type settlement of Zaigrayevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[6] district.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1939 | 31,500 | — |
| 1959 | 51,400 | +63.2% |
| 1970 | 51,400 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 52,500 | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 56,200 | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 50,437 | −10.3% |
| 2010 | 49,975 | −0.9% |
| 2021 | 50,726 | +1.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||