Nukutsky District

Nukutsky District (Russian: Нукутский райо́н; Buryat: Нγхэдэй аймаг, Nükhedei aimag) is an administrative district of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the thirty-three in the oblast.^[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Nukutsky Municipal District.^[6] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Novonukutsky.^[2] Population: 15,743 (2010 Census);^[4] 17,209 (2002 Census);^[9] 17,110 (1989 Soviet census).^[10] The population of Novo-Nukutsky accounts for 21.8% of the district's total population.^[4]

Nukutsky District Нукутский район
District
Replacing wooden power poles with modern fiberglass, Nukutsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Nukutsky District in Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°43′N 102°42′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Irkutsk Oblast[1]
Established	1972
Administrative center	Novonukutsky[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,400 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	15,743
• Density	6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[5]	37 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Nukutsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[7]	0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [8])
OKTMO ID	25629000
Website	http://nukut.irkobl.ru/