Piy-Khemsky District (russian: Пий-Хе́мский кожуун; tyv, Бии-Хем кожуун, ''Bii-Xem kojuun'') is an administrative
[Resolution #1648 ZP-1] and municipal
[Law #268 VKh-1] district (
raion
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, or ''
kozhuun
Kozhuun (; tyv, Кожуун, ) is the Tuvan term of an historical feudal administrative division known as a banner.
The term ''kozhuun'' is used today as a unit in the system of the administrative divisions of the Tuva Republic of Russia.Const ...
''), one of the
seventeen
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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 north of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Turan, Tuva Republic.
Population: 11,431 (
2002 Census);
The population of Turan accounts for 49.4% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tuva