Ulug-Khemsky District
Ulug-Khemsky District
Улуг-Хемский кожуун | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tuvan | Улуг-Хем кожуун |
View from Mount Khayyrakan in the westerly direction | |
Location of Ulug-Khemsky District in the Tuva Republic | |
| Coordinates: 51°24′N 92°52′E / 51.400°N 92.867°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tuva Republic |
| Established | September 8, 1923 |
| Administrative center | Shagonar |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,335.40 km2 (2,060.01 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 19,266 |
• Estimate (January 2014) | 19,580 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 56.9% |
| • Rural | 43.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns under district jurisdiction (urban settlements), 9 Sumons |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 9 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ulug-Khemsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 93654000 |
| Website | http://ulughem17.ru |
| 2010 Census | 19,266 |
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| 2002 Census | 19,461 |
| 1989 Census | 29,866 |
| 1979 Census | 25,700 |
Ulug-Khemsky District (Russian: Улу́г-Хе́мский кожуун; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем кожуун, romanized: Ulug-Xem kojûn) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Yermakovsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai in the north, Kyzylsky and Chedi-Kholsky Districts in the east, Ovyursky and Tes-Khemsky Districts in the south, and Chaa-Kholsky District in the west. The area of the district is 5,335.40 square kilometers (2,060.01 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shagonar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,266, with the population of Shagonar accounting for 56.9% of that number.