Baleysky District (russian: Балейский район) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (

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), one of the

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Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...

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. It is located in the southern central part of the

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, and borders

Nerchinsky District Nerchinsky District (russian: Нерчинский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of ...

in the north,

Shelopuginsky District Shelopuginsky District (russian: Шелопугинский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabayka ...

in the east,

Borzinsky District Borzinsky District (russian: Борзинский район) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, R ...

in the south, and with

Olovyanninsky District Olovyanninsky District (russian: Оловяннинский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabayka ...

in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Baley. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,500, with the population of Baley accounting for 61.1% of that number.

History

The district was established on February 11, 1935.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Zabaykalsky Krai States and territories established in 1935 __NOTOC__