Priargunsky District (russian: Приаргунский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (

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), one of the

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Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...

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. It is located in the southeast of the

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, and borders with

Kalgansky District Kalgansky District (russian: Калганский район) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, ...

in the north, and with

Krasnokamensky District Krasnokamensky District (russian: Краснока́менский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in ...

in the south. The area of the district is . Its

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is the urban locality (an

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) of

Priargunsk Priargunsk (russian: Приаргунск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Priargunsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: . Geography Priargunsk is on the river Argun. It is locate ...

. Population: 26,959 ( 2002 Census); The population of Priargunsk accounts for 33.8% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established on March 30, 1962.

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