Tunkinsky District
Tunkinsky District
Тункинский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Buryat | Түнхэнэй аймаг |
Volcanoes near the settlement of Arshan in Tunkinsky District | |
Location of Tunkinsky District in the Buryat Republic | |
| Coordinates: 51°41′N 102°08′E / 51.683°N 102.133°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Buryatia |
| Established | 12 December 1923 |
| Administrative center | Kyren |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,791.62 km2 (4,552.77 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,672 |
| • Density | 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 5 Selsoviets, 7 Somons |
| • Inhabited localities | 35 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tunkinsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 81651000 |
| Website | http://admtnk.sdep.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 22,672 |
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| 2002 Census | 24,173 |
| 1989 Census | 27,771 |
| 1979 Census | 27,429 |
Tunkinsky District (Russian: Тунки́нский райо́н; Buryat: Түнхэнэй аймаг, Tünkhenei aimag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 11,791.62 square kilometers (4,552.77 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kyren. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,672, with the population of Kyren accounting for 23.8% of that number.