Katangsky District (russian: Катангский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Katangsky Municipal District.
[Law #74-oz] The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Yerbogachen
Yerbogachen (russian: Ербогачён), sometimes written Erbogachen or Erbogachene, is a rural locality in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River. It is the administrative center of Katangsky District. Population:
...
.
[Law #49-OZ] Population: 4,579 (
2002 Census);
The population of Yerbogachen accounts for 52.0% of the district's total population.
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 ...
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast