Shilkinsky District () is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (

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), one of the thirty-one in

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. It is located in the center of the

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, and borders with

Tungokochensky District Tungokochensky District () 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, Russia. It is located in the centra ...

in the north,

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in the east,

Mogoytuysky District Mogoytuysky District (; , ''Mogoityn aimag'') is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion) of Agin-Buryat Okrug of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, one of the ...

in the south, and with Karymsky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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of Shilka. Population: 47,453 ( 2002 Census); The population of Shilka accounts for 32.3% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Zabaykalsky Krai States and territories established in 1926 __NOTOC__