Kyakhtinsky District Кяхтинский район (Russian) Хяагтын аймаг (Buryat) |
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![]() Location of Kyakhtinsky District in the Buryat Republic |
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Coordinates: 50°21′N 106°27′E / 50.350°N 106.450°ECoordinates: 50°21′N 106°27′E / 50.350°N 106.450°E | |
![]() Lake Kiran in Kyakhtinsky District |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia |
Administrative structure (as of July 2013) | |
Administrative center | town of Kyakhta |
Administrative divisions: | |
Towns | 1 |
Urban-type settlements | 1 |
Selsoviets | 8 |
Somons | 5 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Cities/towns | 1 |
Urban-type settlements | 1 |
Rural localities | 40 |
Municipal structure (as of October 2014) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Kyakhtinsky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 2 |
Rural settlements | 15 |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,684 km2 (1,809 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 39,785 inhabitants |
• Urban | 58.9% |
• Rural | 41.1% |
Density | 8.49/km2 (22.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | IRKT (UTC+08:00) |
Established | December 12, 1923 |
Official website | |
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2010 Census | 39,785 |
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2002 Census | 40,673 |
1989 Census | 45,224 |
1979 Census | 42,755 |
Kyakhtinsky District (Russian: Кя́хтинский райо́н; Buryat: Хяагтын аймаг, Xjaagtьn ajmag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 4,684 square kilometers (1,809 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 39,785, with the population of Kyakhta accounting for 50.3% of that number.
The district was established on December 12, 1923.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kyakhtinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Kyakhta), one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Naushki), eight selsoviets, and five somons, all of which comprise forty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kyakhtinsky Municipal District. The town (together with one rural locality—the settlement of Sudzha) and the urban-type settlement are incorporated as two urban settlements, and the eight selsoviets and five somons are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Kyakhta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.