Tunkinsky District

Tunkinsky District (Russian: Тунки́нский райо́н; Buryat: Түнхэнэй аймаг, Tünkhenei aimag) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] 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]

Tunkinsky District Тункинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Buryat	Түнхэнэй аймаг
Volcanoes near the settlement of Arshan in Tunkinsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Tunkinsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 51°41′N 102°08′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  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	22,672
• 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[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [4])
OKTMO ID	81651000
Website	http://admtnk.sdep.ru/

Population of Tunkinsky District

2010 Census	22,672[2]
2002 Census	24,173[5]
1989 Census	27,771[6]
1979 Census	27,429[7]

Administrative and municipal status

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.^[3] Its five selsoviets and seven somons are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.^[3] The selo of Kyren serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district.