Chitinsky District (russian: Чити́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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), one of the thirty-one in

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. " Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai ...

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.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities It is located in the west of the

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, and borders with

Karymsky District Karymsky District (russian: Кары́мский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Kra ...

in the east,

Duldurginsky District Duldurginsky District (russian: Дульдургинский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion) of Agin-Buryat Okrug of Zabaykal ...

in the south, and with

Khiloksky District Khiloksky District (russian: Хилокский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, ...

in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Chita. Population (excluding the administrative center): 62,221 ( 2002 Census);

History

The district was established on September 26, 1937.

Geography

The

Yablonoi Mountains The Yablonoi Mountains or Yablonovy Mountains ( rus, Яблоновый хребет, bua, Яабланай шэлэ нуруу, ; mn, Яблоны нуруу, ''Yablony nuruu'') are a mountain range, in Transbaikal (mainly in Zabaykalsky Krai ...

and the

Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magadan ...

stretch from NE to SW across the district, one west and the other east of the city of Chita. The mountains are smooth and of moderate height. They are mainly covered by

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...

taiga Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces ...

. The Arakhley Lake is located west of Chita. Google Earth

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chitinsky District is one of the thirty-one in the krai. The city of Chita serves as its

. As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Chitinsky Municipal District,Law #316-ZZK to which three urban-type settlements and fifty-four of the administrative district's rural localities belong,The Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities lists one city, three urban-type settlements, and fifty-four rural localities in Chitinsky District. Three urban-type settlements and fifty-four rural localities are listed as a part of Chitinsky Municipal District in Law #317-ZZK. and Chita Urban Okrug, which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the city of Chita and the remaining rural locality.The Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities lists one city, three urban-type settlements, and fifty-four rural localities in Chitinsky District. The city of Chita and one rural locality are listed as a part of Chita Urban Okrug in Law #316-ZZK.

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