Zaigrayevsky District (Russian: Заигра́евский райо́н; Buryat: Загарайн аймаг, Zagarain aimag) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 6,605 square kilometers (2,550 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Zaigrayevo.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 49,975, with the population of Zaigrayevo accounting for 11.2% of that number.[4]

Zaigrayevsky District Заиграевский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Buryat	Загарайн аймаг
Atsagatsky Datsan, Zaigrayevsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zaigrayevsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 52°50′N 108°16′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Buryatia[1]
Established	February 11, 1935[2]
Administrative center	Zaigrayevo[1]
Area [3]
• Total	6,605 km2 (2,550 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	49,975
• Estimate  (2018)[5]	51,123 (+2.3%)
• Density	7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Urban	32.6%
• Rural	67.4%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	2 Urban-type settlements, 10 Selsoviets, 1 Somons
• Inhabited localities[1]	2 Urban-type settlements[6], 43 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Zaigrayevsky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7]	2 Urban settlements, 17 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [8])
OKTMO ID	81618000
Website	http://zaigraevo.ru

History

The district was established on February 11, 1935.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zaigrayevsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia.[1] It is divided into two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Zaigrayevo and Onokhoy), ten selsoviets, and one somon, all of which comprise forty-three rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zaigrayevsky Municipal District.[7] Zaigrayevo Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district.[7] The other urban settlement (Onokhoy Urban Settlement) within the municipal district incorporates the urban-type settlement of Onokhoy with the selo of Todogto and two rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon (the selo of Stary Onokhoy and the ulus of Onokhoy-Shibir).[12] The remaining rural localities in Dabatuysky Somon and the ten selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The urban-type settlement of Zaigrayevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[7] district.

References

Notes

Sources

• Правительство Республики Бурятия. Постановление №431 от 18 ноября 2009 г. «О реестре административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Бурятия», в ред. Постановления №573 от 13 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Постановление Правительства Республики Бурятия от 18.11.2009 №431 "О реестре административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Бурятия"». Вступил в силу 18 ноября 2009 г. Опубликован: "Бурятия", №216, Официальный вестник №120, 21 ноября 2009 г. (Government of the Republic of Buryatia. Resolution #431 of November 18, 2009 On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Buryatia, as amended by the Resolution #573 of November 13, 2015 On Amending Resolution #431 of November 18, 2009 of the Government of the Republic of Buryatia "On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Buryatia". Effective as of November 18, 2009.).
• Народный Хурал Республики Бурятия. Закон №985-III от 31 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ, образовании и наделении статусом муниципальных образований в Республике Бурятия», в ред. Закона №1411-V от 14 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Бурятия "Об установлении границ, образовании и наделении статусом муниципальных образований в Республике Бурятия"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Бурятия", №1, Официальный вестник №1, 12 января 2005 г. (People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia. Law #985-III of December 31, 2004 On Establishing the Borders, Creating, and Granting a Status to the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Buryatia, as amended by the Law #1411-V of October 14, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Buryatia "On Establishing the Borders, Creating, and Granting a Status to the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Buryatia". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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