Tarbagataysky District (; , ''Tarbagatain aimag'') is an administrative
[Resolution #431] and municipal
[Law #985-III] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-one in the
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 the Buryat Republic]
Information about Tarbagataysky District
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Tarbagatay.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,476, with the population of Tarbagatay accounting for 26.2% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tarbagataysky District is one of the
twenty-one in the
Republic of Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District sin ...
.
The district is divided into ten
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 twenty-three
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tarbagataysky Municipal District.
Its ten selsoviets are incorporated as ten rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Tarbagatay serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
Notes
Sources
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