Tungiro-Olyokminsky District (russian: Тунгиро-Олёкминский 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 northeast of the

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, and borders with

Kalarsky District Kalarsky District (russian: Каларский район) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of adm ...

in the north,

Mogochinsky District Mogochinsky District (russian: Мого́чинский райо́н) is an administrative''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities'' and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabayk ...

in the south, and with

Tungokochensky District Tungokochensky District (russian: Тунгокоченский 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 Zaba ...

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

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Tupik Tupik (russian: Тупик) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia: *Tupik, Republic of Khakassia, a village#Russia, village in Spirinsky Selsoviet of Shirinsky District of the Republic of Khakas ...

. Population: 1,643 ( 2002 Census); The population of Tupik accounts for 67.8% of the district's total population. Other rural localities include

Gulya Gulya (russian: Гуля) is a rural locality (a settlement) in the inter-settlement area of Tungiro-Olyokminsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The population was 26 as of 2021, mainly Evenks and Russians. The area is under the risk of forest ...

and Srednyaya Olyokma.

Geography

The district is located in the

Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands The Olyokma-Stanovik ( rus, Олёкминский Становик; ''Olyokminsky Stanovik'') is a system of mountain ranges in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The western end of the range reaches into Amur Oblast.

area. The

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and the

Tungir The Tungir (russian: Тунгир) is a river in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the third largest tributary of the Olyokma in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Tung ...

, one of its main tributaries, flow across it.

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History

The district was established on January 6, 1927.

Economy

The district is rich with

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silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...

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, and other

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