Ovyursky District (russian: Овюрский кожуун; tyv, Өвүр кожуун) is an administrative
[Resolution #1648 ZP-1] and municipal
[Law #268 VKh-1] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
, or ''
kozhuun
Kozhuun (; tyv, Кожуун, ) is the Tuvan term of an historical feudal administrative division known as a Banner (country subdivision), banner.
The term ''kozhuun'' is used today as a unit in the system of the administrative divisions of the ...
''), one of the
seventeen in the
Tuva Republic
Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest of the republic. 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Khandagayty
Khandagayty (russian: Хандагайты; tyv, Хандагайты, ''Xandagaytı'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Ovyursky District of Tuva, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a tran ...
.
Population: 7,930 (
2002 Census);
The population of Khandagayty accounts for 45.7% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tuva