Kyakhtinsky District
Encyclopedia
Kyakhtinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion
), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
. The area of the district is 4684 square kilometres (1,808.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta
. District's population: 40,673 (2002 Census
); Population of Kyakhta accounts for 50.4% of the district's population.
Besides Kyakhta, another major place is the urban-type settlement
of Naushki
, which serves as the railway point of entry into Mongolia
.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The area of the district is 4684 square kilometres (1,808.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kyakhta
Kyakhta
Kyakhta is a town in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Kyakhta River near the Russian-Mongolian border. Population: The town stands directly opposite the Mongolian border town of Altanbulag.-History:...
. District's population: 40,673 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); Population of Kyakhta accounts for 50.4% of the district's population.
Besides Kyakhta, another major place is the urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
of Naushki
Naushki
Naushki is an urban locality in Kyakhtinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located near the border with Mongolia, from the town of Kyakhta. Population:...
, which serves as the railway point of entry into Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
.