Todzhinsky District (russian: Тоджи́нский кожуун; tyv, Тожу кожуун, ''Toju 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 (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
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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 northeast of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Toora-Khem.
Population: 5,931 (
2002 Census);
The population of Toora-Khem accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.
Geography and economy
The district is located in the isolated part of the republic, far from its developed regions.
As a result, its location impedes the economic development of the territory and infrastructure.
Ship transport
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is the main means of communication with the rest of the republic in summer.
The district border
Piy-Khemsky and
Kyzylsky District to the southwest,
Kaa-Khemsky District
Kaa-Khemsky District (russian: Каа́-Хе́мский кожуун; tyv, Каа-Хем кожуун) (also, Kaa-Khemskiy) is an administrativeResolution #1648 ZP-1 and municipalLaw #268 VKh-1 district (raion, or ''kozhuun''), one of the sevent ...
to south and southeast,
Kuraginsky and
Karatuzsky District
Karatuzsky District (russian: Карату́зский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3107 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai and border ...
of
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
to the northwest and west,
Nizhneudinsky District
Nizhneudinsky District (russian: Нижнеу́динский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Nizhneudinsky Municipal Dist ...
of
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 ...
to the northeast,
Okinsky District
Okinsky District (russian: Оки́нский райо́н; bua, Ахын аймаг, ''Akhyn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It ...
of
Republic of Buryatia
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in the east.
See also
*
Tozhu Tuvans
The Tozhu Tuvans, Tozhu Tuvinians, Todzhan Tuvans or Todzhinians (own name: Тугалар ''Tugalar'' or Тухалар ''Tukhalar''; Russian Тувинцы-тоджинцы ''Tuvincy-todžincy'', Тоджинцы ''Todžincy'') are a Turkic subg ...
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Districts of Tuva
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