Nukutsky District

Nukutsky District
Нукутский район
Replacing wooden power poles with modern fiberglass, Nukutsky District
Location of Nukutsky District in Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°43′N 102°42′E / 53.717°N 102.700°E / 53.717; 102.700
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
Established1972
Administrative centerNovonukutsky
Area
  Total
2,400 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
  Total
15,743
  Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities37 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asNukutsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 )
OKTMO ID25629000
Websitehttp://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.