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Irkutsky District (russian: Ирку́тский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
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.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Irkutsky Municipal District.Law #94-oz It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is .Official website of Irkutsky District
Its
administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the
city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of
Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
Law #49-OZ (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 84,322.


History

The district was established in 1937.Official website of Irkutsky District
About the Municipal Formation


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Irkutsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The city of
Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
serves as its
administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Irkutsky Municipal District. The City of Irkutsk is incorporated separately from the district as Irkutsk Urban Okrug.Law #88-oz


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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
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