Cheremkhovsky District (russian: Черемхо́вский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13] Municipally, it is incorporated as Cheremkhovsky Municipal District.
[Law #95-oz] It is located in the southwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Cheremkhovo
Cheremkhovo ( rus, Черемхо́во, p=tɕɪrʲɪmˈxovə) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
History
Cheremkhovo was founded in 1772.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of adm ...
[Law #49-OZ] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,114.
History
The district was established in 1926.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Cheremkhovsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Cheremkhovo
Cheremkhovo ( rus, Черемхо́во, p=tɕɪrʲɪmˈxovə) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
History
Cheremkhovo was founded in 1772.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of adm ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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,
despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Cheremkhovsky Municipal District.
The Town of Cheremkhovo is incorporated separately from the district as Cheremkhovo Urban Okrug.
[Law #104-oz]
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
States and territories established in 1926