Nukutsky District
Nukutsky District
Нукутский район (Russian) | |
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Replacing wooden power poles with modern fiberglass, Nukutsky District | |
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Location of Nukutsky District in Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, Irkutsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°43′N 102°42′E / 53.717°N 102.700°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Established | 1972 |
| Administrative center | Novonukutsky |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,400 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,743 |
| • Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 37 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Nukutsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 25629000 |
| Website | http://nukut.irkobl.ru/ |
Nukutsky District (Russian: Нукутский райо́н; Buryat: Нγхэдэй аймаг, Nükhedei aimag) is an administrative district of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the thirty-three in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nukutsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Novonukutsky. Population: 15,743 (2010 census); 17,209 (2002 Census); 17,110 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Novo-Nukutsky accounts for 21.8% of the district's total population.