Kazachinsko-Lensky District (russian: Каза́чинско-Ле́нский 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 Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Kazachinsko-Lensky Municipal District.Law #90-oz It is located in the eastern-central portion of the oblast. The area of the district is . 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 A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

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 Kazachinskoye.Law #49-OZ As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,829, with the population of Kazachinskoye accounting for 13.9% of that number.

History

Kazachinsky District () was established within Kirensk Okrug of

on June 26, 1926. It was given its present name on December 3, 1930.

Geography

The

Baikal Range The Baikal Mountains or Baikal Range (russian: Байкальский хребет, ''Bajkaljskij hrebet''; bua, Байгалай дабаан, ''Baigalai dabaan'') are a mountain range that rises steeply over the northwestern shore of Lake Bai ...

and the

Akitkan Range The Akitkan Range (russian: хребет Акиткан; zh, 阿基特坎山) is a mountain range in Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia, Russian Federation.Google Earth The Paleoproterozoic Akitkan Orogen is named after the range. History Between 1855 ...

(Хребет Акиткан) rise in the district. The

Kirenga The Kirenga () is a river in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . There are many settlements in the river valley. The Baikal Amur Mainline follows and crosses ...

River is the main water body of the Kazachinsky District.

Google Earth Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...

References

Notes

Sources

* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Irkutsk Oblast States and territories established in 1926 __NOTOC__