Zakamensky District

Zakamensky District (Russian: Зака́менский райо́н; Buryat: Захааминай аймаг, Zakhaaminai 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 southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 15,320 square kilometers (5,920 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Zakamensk.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,453, with the population of Zakamensk accounting for 40.5% of that number.^[3]

Zakamensky District Закаменский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Buryat	Захааминай аймаг
Landscape in Zakamensky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zakamensky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 55°45′N 103°26′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Buryatia[1]
Established	1927
Administrative center	Zakamensk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	15,320 km2 (5,920 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	28,453
• Density	1.9/km2 (4.8/sq mi)
• Urban	40.5%
• Rural	59.5%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns, 5 Selsoviets, 18 Somons
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 cities/towns, 26 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Zakamensky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 22 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [5])
OKTMO ID	81621000
Website	http://mcu-zakamna.ru

Population of Zakamensky District

2010 Census	28,453[3]
2002 Census	29,692[6]
1989 Census	34,533[7]
1979 Census	32,372[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zakamensky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.^[1] It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Zakamensk), five selsoviets, and eighteen somons, which comprise twenty-six rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zakamensky Municipal District.^[4] The Town of Zakamensk and Kholtosonsky Selsoviet are incorporated as Zakamensk Urban Settlement, while the remaining four selsoviets and eighteen somons are incorporated into twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district.^[4] The town of Zakamensk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district.

History of the municipal divisions

Kholtosonsky Selsoviet used to be municipally incorporated as Kholtosonskoye Rural Settlement, but the latter was merged into Zakamensk Urban Settlement on July 18, 2015.

See also

• Mele (Buryatia)