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.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Nukutsky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Novonukutsky.[2] Population: 15,743 (2010 Russian census);[4] 17,209 (2002 Census);[9] 17,110 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Novo-Nukutsky accounts for 21.8% of the district's total population.[4]
Nukutsky District
Нукутский район | |
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Coordinates: 53°43′N 102°42′E / 53.717°N 102.700°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Irkutsk Oblast[1] |
Established | 1972 |
Administrative center | Novonukutsky[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,400 km2 (900 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 15,743 |
• Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 37 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Nukutsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+8 (MSK+5 [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 25629000 |
Website | http://nukut.irkobl.ru/ |