Shelekhovsky District () is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Shelekhovsky Municipal District.
[Law #89-oz] It is located in the south of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
town
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of
Shelekhov
Shelekhov ( rus, Шелехов, p=ˈʂelʲɪxəf) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of t ...
.
[Law #49-OZ] Population: 11,836 (
2002 Census).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Shelekhovsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Shelekhov
Shelekhov ( rus, Шелехов, p=ˈʂelʲɪxəf) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of t ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shelekhovsky Municipal District.
References
Notes
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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
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