Kurumkansky District (russian: Курумка́нский райо́н; bua, Хурамхаанай аймаг, ''Khuramkhaanai 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 northeast of the republic. The area of the district is .Official website of the Buryat Republic
Information about Kurumkansky District
Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Kurumkan Kurumkan (russian: Курумка́н; Buryat and mn, Хурамхаан, ''Khuramkhaan'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Kurumkansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located from Ulan-Ude. Po ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,007, with the population of Kurumkan accounting for 36.4% of that number.

History

The district was established on December 11, 1970.Official website of the Buryat Republic
Kurumkansky District, History

Administrative and municipal status

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

. The district is divided into five

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 four '' somons'', which comprise twenty-eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kurumkansky Municipal District. Its five selsoviets and four ''somons'' are incorporated as ten rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of

serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census the ethnic breakdown of Kurumkansky District was the following:

Buryats The Buryats ( bua, Буряад, Buryaad; mn, Буриад, Buriad) are a Mongolic peoples, Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the oth ...

: 65.04%

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 30.07%

Evenks The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym )Autonym: (); russian: Эвенки (); (); formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; mn, Хамниган () or Aiwenji () are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Even ...

: 2.03%

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: 0.08%

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...

: 0.01%

Belarusians , native_name_lang = be , pop = 9.5–10 million , image = , caption = , popplace = 7.99 million , region1 = , pop1 = 600,000–768,000 , region2 = , pop2 ...

: 0.01%

Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...

: 0.01%
Others: 0.05%

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