Yeravninsky District

Yeravninsky District (Russian: Ера́внинский райо́н; Buryat: Яруунын аймаг, Yaruunyn 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is 25,600 square kilometers (9,900 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,705, with the population of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye accounting for 32.8% of that number.^[3]

Yeravninsky District Еравнинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Buryat	Яруунын аймаг
Bolshoy Yeravna Lake in Yeravninsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yeravninsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 52°31′N 111°32′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Buryatia[1]
Established	September 26, 1927[2]
Administrative center	Sosnovo-Ozerskoye[1]
Area [2]
• Total	25,600 km2 (9,900 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	18,705
• Density	0.73/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	6 Selsoviets, 8 Somons
• Inhabited localities[1]	22 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Yeravninsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [5])
OKTMO ID	81615000
Website	http://yaruuna.ru

Population of Yeravninsky District

2010 Census	18,705[3]
2002 Census	18,783[6]
1989 Census	21,913[7]
1979 Census	22,501[8]

Geography

Egituysky datsan complex in Yeravninsky District

Stele at the entrance to the Yeravninsky district

The territory of the district is bound by foothills of large mountain ranges on all sides: from the southeast the spurs of the Yablonoi Mountains, from the south the Tsagan-Khurtei Range and from the west the Selenga Highlands. The Konda River flows across the district. The Yeravna-Khorga Lake System is located in the western part.^[9]

History

The district was established on September 26, 1927.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeravninsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.^[1] The district is divided into six selsoviets and eight somons, which comprise twenty-two rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yeravninsky Municipal District.^[4] Its six selsoviets and eight somons are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.^[4] The selo of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district.