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Muysky District

Muysky District
Муйский район (Russian)
Муяын аймаг (Buryat)
Location Of Muysky District (Buryatia).svg
Location of Muysky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 56°20′N 114°54′E / 56.333°N 114.900°E / 56.333; 114.900Coordinates: 56°20′N 114°54′E / 56.333°N 114.900°E / 56.333; 114.900
Снежные горы Муйского района.jpg
Mountains in Muysky District
Эмблема Муйского района.jpg
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia
Administrative structure (as of July 2013)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Taksimo
Administrative divisions:
Urban-type settlements 2
Selsoviets 2
Inhabited localities:
Urban-type settlements 2
Rural localities 6
Municipal structure (as of October 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Muysky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 1
Statistics
Area 25,164.1 km2 (9,715.9 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 13,142 inhabitants
• Urban 88.5%
• Rural 11.5%
Density 0.52/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)
Established October 23, 1989
Official website
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Population of Muysky District
2010 Census 13,142
2002 Census 16,641

Muysky District (Russian: Муйский райо́н; Buryat: Муяын аймаг) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 25,164.1 square kilometers (9,715.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Taksimo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,142, with the population of Taksimo accounting for 71.8% of that number.

The district was established on October 23, 1989 from parts of the territories of Bauntovsky and Severo-Baykalsky Districts.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Muysky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Severomuysk and Taksimo) and two selsoviets, which comprise six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Muysky Municipal District. Severomuysk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district. The other urban settlement within the municipal district incorporates two administrative divisions—Taksimo Urban-Type Settlement and Bambuysky Selsoviet. The remaining selsoviet is incorporated as a rural settlement within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Taksimo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.


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