Kabansky District (russian: Каба́нский райо́н; bua, Хабаансхын аймаг, ''Khabaanskhyn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (

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), one of the twenty-one in the

Republic of Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is .Official website of the Buryat Republic
Information about Kabansky District
Its

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is the

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') of Kabansk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 59,883, with the population of Kabansk accounting for 10.1% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kabansky District is one of the twenty-one in the

. It is divided into one

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(an administrative division with the

in the town (an inhabited locality) of Babushkin), two

urban-type settlements Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

(administrative divisions with the administrative centers, correspondingly, in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s (inhabited localities) of

Kamensk Kamensk (russian: Ка́менск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Kamensk, Republic of Buryatia, an urban-type settlement in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia ;Rural localities * Kamensk ...

and

Selenginsk Selenginsk (russian: Селенги́нск; bua, Сэлэнгын, ''Selengyn'', mn, Сэлэнгэ, ''Selenge'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located at the head ...

), thirteen

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s, and one '' somon'', all of which comprise fifty-nine rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kabansky Municipal District. The town (without its rural localities) and the two urban-type settlements are incorporated as three urban settlements, and the thirteen selsoviets, one ''somon'', and the rural localities of the Town of Babushkin are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Kabansk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Buryatia