Zakamensky District

Zakamensky District
Закаменский район (Russian)
Захааминай аймаг (Buryat)

Location of Zakamensky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 55°45′N 103°26′E / 55.750°N 103.433°E / 55.750; 103.433Coordinates: 55°45′N 103°26′E / 55.750°N 103.433°E / 55.750; 103.433

Landscape in Zakamensky District
Coat of arms
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia[1]
Administrative structure (as of November 2015)
Administrative center town of Zakamensk[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Towns 1
Selsoviets 5
Somons 18
Inhabited localities:[1]
Cities/towns 1
Rural localities 26
Municipal structure (as of October 2015)
Municipally incorporated as Zakamensky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 22
Statistics
Area 15,320 km2 (5,920 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 28,453 inhabitants[4]
• Urban 40.5%
• Rural 59.5%
Density 1.86/km2 (4.8/sq mi)[5]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[6]
Official website
Zakamensky District on WikiCommons
Population of Zakamensky District
2010 Census 28,453[4]
2002 Census 29,692[7]
1989 Census 34,533[8]
1979 Census 32,372[9]

Zakamensky District (Russian: Закаменский райо́н; Buryat: Захааминай аймаг) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 15,320 square kilometers (5,920 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Zakamensk.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,453, with the population of Zakamensk accounting for 40.5% of that number.[4]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zakamensky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Zakamensk), five selsoviets, and eighteen somons, which comprise twenty-six rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zakamensky Municipal District.[2] The Town of Zakamensk and Kholtosonsky Selsoviet are incorporated as Zakamensk Urban Settlement, while the remaining four selsoviets and eighteen somons are incorporated into twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district.[2] The town of Zakamensk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[2] district.

History of the municipal divisions

Kholtosonsky Selsoviet used to be municipally incorporated as Kholtosonskoye Rural Settlement, but the latter was merged into Zakamensk Urban Settlement on July 18, 2015.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Resolution #431
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #985-III
  3. 1 2 Official website of the Buryat Republic. Information about Zakamensky District (Russian)
  4. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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