Muysky District (; , ''Muyayn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (

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), one of the twenty-one in the

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. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is .Official website of the Buryat Republic
Information about Muysky District
Its

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is the urban locality (an

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) of Taksimo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,142, with the population of Taksimo accounting for 71.8% of that number.

History

The district was established on October 23, 1989 from parts of the territories of Bauntovsky and Severo-Baykalsky Districts.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Muysky District is one of the twenty-one in the

. It is divided into two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the

s, correspondingly, in the

s (inhabited localities) of Severomuysk and Taksimo) and two

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

s, which comprise six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Muysky Municipal District. Severomuysk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district. The other urban settlement within the municipal district incorporates two administrative divisions—Taksimo Urban-Type Settlement and Bambuysky Selsoviet.According to Law #985-III, Taksimo Urban Settlement includes the urban-type settlement of Taksimo and two rural localities listed as a part of Bambuysky Selsoviet in Resolution #431 The remaining selsoviet is incorporated as a rural settlement within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Taksimo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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