Kizhinginsky District
Kizhinginsky District
Кижингинский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Хэжэнгын аймаг |
Dzharun Khashor, the largest stupa in the Republic of Buryatia, is located in Kizhinginsky District | |
Location of Kizhinginsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 51°51′N 109°55′E / 51.850°N 109.917°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia |
| Established | December 12, 1940 |
| Administrative center | Kizhinga |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,871 km2 (3,039 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,509 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Selsoviets, 7 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities | 21 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kizhinginsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 81627000 |
| Website | http://www.adm.kizhinga.ru |
| 2010 Census | 16,509 |
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| 2002 Census | 18,142 |
| 1989 Census | 21,769 |
| 1979 Census | 21,048 |
Kizhinginsky District (Russian: Кижинги́нский райо́н; Buryat: Хэжэнгын аймаг, Khejengyn aimag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 7,871 square kilometers (3,039 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kizhinga. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,509, with the population of Kizhinga accounting for 38.6% of that number.