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Priargunsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Urban-type settlements
  
2

Area
  
4,740 km²

Federal subject
  
Zabaykalsky Krai

Rural localities
  
20

Priargunsky District

Administrative center
  
urban-type settlement of Priargunsk

Municipally incorporated as
  
Priargunsky Municipal District

Priargunsky District (Russian: Приаргунский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai, and borders with Kalgansky District in the north, and with Krasnokamensky District in the south. The area of the district is 5,100 square kilometers (2,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Priargunsk. Population: 21,831 (2010 Census); 26,959 (2002 Census); 29,120 (1989 Census). The population of Priargunsk accounts for 33.8% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Priargunskiy r-n, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

History

The district was established on March 30, 1962.

References

Priargunsky District Wikipedia