Kazachinsko-Lensky District

Kazachinsko-Lensky District (Russian: Каза́чинско-Ле́нский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.^[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Kazachinsko-Lensky Municipal District.^[7] It is located in the eastern-central portion of the oblast. The area of the district is 33,300 square kilometers (12,900 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kazachinskoye.^[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,829, with the population of Kazachinskoye accounting for 13.9% of that number.^[4]

Kazachinsko-Lensky District Казачинско-Ленский район
District
Remains of the Bolshoy Kaskad Waterfall, a protected area of Russia on the Kurkula River in Kazachinsko-Lensky District
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Location of Kazachinsko-Lensky District in Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 56°17′N 107°34′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Irkutsk Oblast[1]
Established	June 26, 1926[2]
Administrative center	Kazachinskoye[3]
Area [2]
• Total	33,300 km2 (12,900 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	18,829
• Density	0.57/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
• Urban	66.6%
• Rural	33.4%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[5]	3 urban-type settlements[6], 21 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kazachinsko-Lensky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7]	3 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [8])
OKTMO ID	25614000
Website	http://www.adminklr.ru

Population of Kazachinsko-Lensky District

2010 Census	18,829[4]
2002 Census	21,127[9]
1989 Census	29,394[10]
1979 Census	18,981[11]

History

Kazachinsky District (Казачинский район) was established within Kirensk Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast on June 26, 1926.^[2] It was given its present name on December 3, 1930.^[2]

Geography

The Baikal Range and the Akitkan Range (Хребет Акиткан) rise in the district. The Kirenga River is the main water body of the Kazachinsky District.^[12]