Tunkinsky District (; , ''Tünkhenei 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 west of the republic. The area of the district is . 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
Kyren.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,672, with the population of Kyren accounting for 23.8% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tunkinsky 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 five
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.
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s and seven ''
somons'', which comprise thirty-five
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tunkinsky Municipal District.
Its five selsoviets and seven ''somons'' are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Kyren serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
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Districts of Buryatia
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