Kirensky District (russian: Ки́ренский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in

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.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirensky Municipal District.Law #87-oz It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is .Russian Federal Statistics Service
Irkutsk Oblast Municipal Formations Statistical Database
Its

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is the

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Kirensk Kirensk ( rus, Киренск, p=ˈkʲirʲɪnsk) is a town and the administrative center of Kirensky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kirenga and Lena Rivers, north of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the ...

.Law #49-OZ As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,322, with the population of Kirensk accounting for 62.2% of that number.

Geography

Kirensky district is located in the northeastern area of Irkutsk Oblast. It borders to the north with the

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(Yakutia) and to the southeast with the Republic of

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. The

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in � ...

flows across the district. Its main tributaries in the region are 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 ...

Chechuy The Chechuy (russian: Чечуй) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Puschino village is loca ...

, Chaya,

Pilyuda The Pilyuda (russian: Пилюда) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Orlova village is loc ...

and

Ichera The Ichera (russian: Ичера or Ичёра) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Ichera vil ...

History

The district was established in 1929.Official website of Kirensky District
About the District

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirensky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The

serves as its

.Law #49-OZ As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kirensky Municipal District.

References

Notes

Sources

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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
' {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Irkutsk Oblast States and territories established in 1929