Pribaykalsky District (; , ''Baigal Shadar aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (
raion
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Republic of Buryatia
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Russia
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. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is .Official website of Pribaykalsky District Population Its
administrative center
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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Turuntayevo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,856, with the population of Turuntayevo accounting for 22.0% of that number.
Geography
The district is mountainous and limited by the Morskoy,
Khamar-Daban
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Geography
The range is located in Buryatia, with a small section in Irkutsk Oblast. It rises near the Baikal Mountains not far from ...
,
Ulan-Burgas
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Lake Baikal
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and by the left bank of the
Selenga River
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in the southwestern part. The Turka and Itantsa are other important rivers of the area.
History
The district was established on December 12, 1940 from parts of the territories of Kabansky and
Barguzinsky District
Barguzinsky District (; , ''Bargajanai aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Buryatia, twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is ...
Republic of Buryatia
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. The district is divided into nine
selsoviet
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s, which comprise thirty-eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Pribaykalsky Municipal District. Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as ten rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Turuntayevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.