Tunkinsky District
Тункинский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Buryat | Түнхэнэй аймаг |
Coordinates: 51°41′N 102°08′E / 51.683°N 102.133°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia[1] |
Established | 12 December 1923 |
Administrative center | Kyren[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 11,791.62 km2 (4,552.77 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 22,672 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 20,533 (−9.4%) |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 5 Selsoviets, 7 Somons |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 35 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Tunkinsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [5]) |
OKTMO ID | 81651000 |
Website | http://admtnk.sdep.ru/ |
2010 Census | 22,672[2] |
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2002 Census | 24,173[6] |
1989 Census | 27,771[7] |
1979 Census | 27,429[8] |
Tunkinsky District (Russian: Тунки́нский райо́н; Buryat: Түнхэнэй аймаг, Tünkhenei aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 11,791.62 square kilometers (4,552.77 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kyren.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,672, with the population of Kyren accounting for 23.8% of that number.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tunkinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] The district is divided into five selsoviets and seven somons, which comprise thirty-five rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tunkinsky Municipal District.[4] Its five selsoviets and seven somons are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Kyren serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.