Tayshetsky District (russian: Тайшетский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Tayshetsky Municipal District.
[Law #100-oz] It is located in the west of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
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of
Tayshet
Tayshet ( rus, Тайшет, p=tɐjˈʂɛt, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the obla ...
.
[Law #49-OZ] Population: 36,502 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tayshetsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Tayshet
Tayshet ( rus, Тайшет, p=tɐjˈʂɛt, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the obla ...
serves as its
administrative center
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.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tayshetsky Municipal District.
References
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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
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