Barguzinsky District
Barguzinsky District
Баргузинский район (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Баргажанай аймаг |
Zmeinaya Bay in Barguzinsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Barguzinsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 53°37′N 109°37′E / 53.617°N 109.617°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia |
| Established | December 23, 1923 |
| Administrative center | Barguzin |
| Area | |
• Total | 18,553 km2 (7,163 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 23,598 |
| • Density | 1.2719/km2 (3.2943/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 30.4% |
| • Rural | 69.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 6 Selsoviets, 3 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 33 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Barguzinsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 81603000 |
| Website | http://barguzin.su |
| 2010 Census | 23,598 |
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| 2002 Census | 26,256 |
| 1989 Census | 27,585 |
| 1979 Census | 27,164 |
Barguzinsky District (Russian: Баргузи́нский райо́н; Buryat: Баргажанай аймаг, Bargajanai aimag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 18,553 square kilometers (7,163 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Barguzin. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,598, with the population of Barguzin accounting for 24.2% of that number.