Bodaybinsky District (russian: Бодайбинский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
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,
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Bodaybinsky Municipal District.
[Law #67-oz] The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Bodaybo
Bodaybo ( rus, Бодайбо, p=bədɐjˈbo) is a town and the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.
Geography
The town is located in the ...
.
[Law #49-OZ] Population: 10,817 (
2002 Census);
Geography
It is located in the
Patom Highlands
The Patom Highlands ( rus, Патомское нагорье) are a mountainous area in Eastern Siberia, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the uplands is part of Irkutsk Oblast, with a smaller section in northern Transbaikal Krai.G ...
, in the northeastern zone of the oblast. The
Zhuya
The Zhuya (russian: Жуя) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The area ...
river cuts across the district and the
Bolshoy Patom
The Bolshoy Patom (russian: Большой Патом), "Big Patom", is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is the 11th longest tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . flows in a wide arch to the west and to the north. Besides Bodaybo, some of the settlements of the district are
Aprilsk Aprelsk (russian: Апрельск) is a ''posyolok'' (rural settlement; formerly urban-type settlement) in Bodaybinsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia included in Artyomovsky municipality ( :ru:Артёмовское муниципальное о ...
,
Artyomovsky,
Balakhninsky,
Kropotkin
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,
Mamakan,
Svetly,
Vasilievsky,
Perevoz and
Bolshoy Patom
The Bolshoy Patom (russian: Большой Патом), "Big Patom", is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is the 11th longest tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . .
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Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Bodaybinsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Bodaybo
Bodaybo ( rus, Бодайбо, p=bədɐjˈbo) is a town and the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.
Geography
The town is located in the ...
serves as its
administrative center
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.
[Law #49-OZ]
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bodaybinsky Municipal District.
See also
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Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...
References
Notes
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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
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