Tes-Khemsky District
Tes-Khemsky District
Тес-Хемский кожуун | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tuvan | Тес-Хем кожуун |
Tes-Khem River in Tes-Khemsky District | |
Location of Tes-Khemsky District in the Tuva Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′50″N 93°15′43″E / 50.564°N 93.262°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tuva Republic |
| Administrative center | Samagaltay |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,680 km2 (2,580 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,174 |
| • Density | 1.2/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 7 sumon |
| • Inhabited localities | 8 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tes-Khemsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 93645000 |
| Website | http://www.teshem.ru/ |
Tes-Khemsky District (Russian: Тес-Хемский кожуун, romanized: Tes-Hemskij kožuun, [tʲɪs‿ˈxʲemskʲij kɐˈʐuːn]; Tuvan: Тес-Хем кожууну, romanized: Tes-Xem kojuunu, [tʰesˈçem qʰɔʑuːˈnʊ]) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 6,680 square kilometers (2,580 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Samagaltay. Its population was 8,174 (2010 Census); 8,908 (2002 Census); 10,413 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Samagaltay accounts for 39.6% of the district's total population.