Ziminsky District
District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
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Ziminsky District (Russian: Зими́нский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Ziminsky Municipal District.[5] The area of the district is 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Zima[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 13,383 (2010 census);[3] 14,420 (2002 Census);[7] 15,833 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Ziminsky District
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 Location of Ziminsky District in Irkutsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′N 102°03′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast[1] |
| Established | 14 February 1923 |
| Administrative center | Zima[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,383 |
| • Density | 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 51 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ziminsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 25610000 |
| Website | http://www.rzima.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ziminsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Zima serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ziminsky Municipal District.[5] The Town of Zima is incorporated separately from the district as Ziminskoye Urban Okrug.[9]