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Zabaykalsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Urban-type settlements
  
1

Area
  
5,254 km²

Federal subject
  
Zabaykalsky Krai

Rural localities
  
10

Zabaykalsky District

Administrative center
  
urban-type settlement of Zabaykalsk

Municipally incorporated as
  
Zabaykalsky Municipal District

Zabaykalsky District (Russian: Забайка́льский 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 Borzinsky District in the north, Krasnokamensky District in the east, District in the south, and with District in the west. 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 Zabaykalsk. Population: 20,485 (2010 Census); 20,343 (2002 Census); 22,121 (1989 Census). The population of Zabaykalsk accounts for 57.5% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Zabaykalskiy r-n, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

History

The district was established on January 2, 1967.

References

Zabaykalsky District Wikipedia