Kirensky District
Kirensky District
Киренский район | |
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Lena Cheeks on the Lena River, Kirensky District | |
Location of Kirensky District in Irkutsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°47′N 108°06′E / 57.783°N 108.100°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Kirensk |
| Area | |
• Total | 43,904.69 km2 (16,951.70 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,322 |
| • Density | 0.46/km2 (1.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 74.6% |
| • Rural | 25.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 43 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kirensky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 25620000 |
| Website | http://kirenskrn.irkobl.ru |
| 2010 Census | 20,322 |
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| 2002 Census | 23,830 |
| 1989 Census | 29,280 |
| 1979 Census | 29,219 |
Kirensky District (Russian: Ки́ренский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirensky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 43,904.69 square kilometers (16,951.70 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kirensk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,322, with the population of Kirensk accounting for 62.2% of that number.