Tunkinsky District (russian: Тунки́нский райо́н; bua, Түнхэнэй аймаг, ''Tünkhenei aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (

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), one of the

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in the

Republic of Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

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. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of

Kyren Kyren (russian: Кырен; bua, Хэрэн, ''Kheren''; mn, Хэрээн, ''Khereen'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tunkinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,672, with the population of Kyren accounting for 23.8% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tunkinsky District is one of the

in the

. The district is divided into five

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s and seven '' somons'', which comprise thirty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tunkinsky Municipal District. Its five selsoviets and seven ''somons'' are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of

serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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