Zaigrayevsky District
Заиграевский район
District
Other transcription(s)
 • BuryatЗагарайн аймаг
Atsagatsky Datsan, Zaigrayevsky District
Atsagatsky Datsan, Zaigrayevsky District
Flag of Zaigrayevsky District
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Coat of arms of Zaigrayevsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Zaigrayevsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 52°50′N 108°16′E / 52.833°N 108.267°E / 52.833; 108.267
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Buryatia[1]
EstablishedFebruary 11, 1935[2]
Administrative centerZaigrayevo[1]
Area
[3]
 • Total6,605 km2 (2,550 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total49,975
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
51,123 (+2.3%)
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Urban
32.6%
 • Rural
67.4%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions2 Urban-type settlements, 10 Selsoviets, 1 Somons
 • Inhabited localities[1]2 Urban-type settlements[6], 43 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asZaigrayevsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]2 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID81618000
Websitehttp://zaigraevo.ru

Zaigrayevsky District[a] is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 6,605 square kilometers (2,550 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Zaigrayevo.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 49,975, with the population of Zaigrayevo accounting for 11.2% of that number.[4]

History

The district was established on February 11, 1935.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zaigrayevsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] It is divided into two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Zaigrayevo and Onokhoy), ten selsoviets, and one somon, all of which comprise forty-three rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zaigrayevsky Municipal District.[7] Zaigrayevo Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district.[7] The other urban settlement (Onokhoy Urban Settlement) within the municipal district incorporates the urban-type settlement of Onokhoy with the selo of Todogto and two rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon (the selo of Stary Onokhoy and the ulus of Onokhoy-Shibir).[9] The remaining rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon and the ten selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The urban-type settlement of Zaigrayevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[7] district.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
193931,500—    
195951,400+63.2%
197051,400+0.0%
197952,500+2.1%
198956,200+7.0%
200250,437−10.3%
201049,975−0.9%
202150,726+1.5%
Source: Census data

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Resolution #431
  2. ^ a b Official website of Zaigrayevsky District. History of the district. (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b Official website of Zaigrayevsky District. About the district. (in Russian)
  4. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Law #985-III
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ According to Law #985-III, Onokhoy Urban Settlement includes the urban-type settlement of Onokhoy and the selo of Todogto, as well as two rural localities (Stary Onokhoy and Onokhoy-Shibir) listed as a part of Dabatuysky Somon in Resolution #431

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Заигра́евский райо́н; Buryat: Загарайн аймаг, romanized: Zagarain aimag

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