Maloderbetovsky District (russian: Малодербе́товский райо́н; xal-RU, Баһ Дөрвдә район, ''Bağ Dörvdä rayon'') is an administrativeDecree #137 and municipalLaw #308-IV-Z district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
thirteen
Thirteen or 13 may refer to:
* 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14
* One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013
Music
* 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band
Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
* ...
, official_lang_list=Kalmyk language, Kalmyk
, official_lang_ref=Steppe Code (Constitution) of the Republic of Kalmykia, Article 17: he official la ...
, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a '' village#Russia, selo'') of
Malye Derbety
Malye Derbety (russian: Ма́лые Дербе́ты; xal-RU, Баһ Дөрвд, ''Bağ Dörvd'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Maloderbetovsky District in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Population:
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. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,528, with the population of Malye Derbety accounting for 61.1% of that number.
thirteen
Thirteen or 13 may refer to:
* 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14
* One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013
Music
* 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band
Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
* ...
, official_lang_list=Kalmyk language, Kalmyk
, official_lang_ref=Steppe Code (Constitution) of the Republic of Kalmykia, Article 17: The district is divided into six
rural administrations which comprise ten types of inhabited localities in Russia">rural localities
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. As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions">municipal division, the district is incorporated as Maloderbetovsky Municipal District. Its six rural administrations are incorporated as six rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' village#Russia, selo'' of
Malye Derbety
Malye Derbety (russian: Ма́лые Дербе́ты; xal-RU, Баһ Дөрвд, ''Bağ Dörvd'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Maloderbetovsky District in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Population:
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serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Natural resources
The area has substantial
bischofite
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deposits.
Rabid wolves
In 2003,
rabid
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wolves
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