Pribaykalsky District
Pribaykalsky District
Прибайкальский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Байгал шадар аймаг |
Turtle Stone, a natural monument near the selo of Turka in Pribaykalsky District | |
Location of Pribaykalsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′N 107°37′E / 52.200°N 107.617°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia |
| Established | December 12, 1940 |
| Administrative center | Turuntayevo |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,472 km2 (5,974 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 26,856 |
| • Density | 1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 38 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pribaykalsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 81642000 |
| Website | http://pribajkal.ru |
| 2010 Census | 26,856 |
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| 2002 Census | 28,651 |
| 1989 Census | 31,181 |
| 1979 Census | 28,501 |
Pribaykalsky District (Russian: Прибайка́льский райо́н; Buryat: Байгал шадар аймаг, Baigal Shadar aimag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 15,472 square kilometers (5,974 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Turuntayevo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,856, with the population of Turuntayevo accounting for 22.0% of that number.