Tungokochensky District (russian: Тунгокоченский 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 central northern part 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), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, R ...

in the north,

Tungiro-Olyokminsky District Tungiro-Olyokminsky District (russian: Тунгиро-Олёкминский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thir ...

in the east, and with

Chernyshevsky District Chernyshevsky District (russian: Черныше́вский 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 Za ...

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

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Verkh-Usugli. Population: 14,207 ( 2002 Census); The population of Verkh-Usugli accounts for 20.7% of the district's total population.

Geography

The Chersky and Yablonoi ranges stretch from NE to SW across the district, forming the

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of rivers flowing to the

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on the northern side and rivers flowing to the

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in the southern side.

Kontalaksky Golets Kontalaksky Golets (russian: link=no, Конталакский Голец) is a peak in the Yablonoi Mountains. Administratively it is part of the Transbaikal Krai, Russian Federation. Geography This high mountain is the highest point of the Y ...

, the highest peak of the Yablonoi is located in the district, near

Tungokochen Tungokochen (russian: Тунгокочен) is a rural locality in Tungokochensky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: Geography The village is about NNE of the district administrative center of Verkh-Usugli. It lies on the left b ...

. On the eastern side rise the western spurs of the

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and at the northern end the western parts of the Kalar and Yankan ranges.

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History

The district was established on September 21, 1938. Tungokochen became then the capital of Tungokochensky District. In 1976, the administrative center was moved to the village of Verkh-Usugli.

had an airport which was functional until the 1990s. Formerly there was communication by plane, but after the airport closed in the 1990s all the transport is by road, which is difficult in some seasons.''Tungokochensky District'', Small Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia
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* {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Zabaykalsky Krai States and territories established in 1938 __NOTOC__