Ulug-Khemsky District (russian: Улу́г-Хе́мский кожуун; tyv, Улуг-Хем кожуун, ''Ulug-Xem kojuun'') is an administrativeResolution #1648 ZP-1 and municipalLaw #268 VKh-1 district (

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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 in the

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Yermakovsky District of

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in the north, Kyzylsky and Chedi-Kholsky Districts in the east, Ovyursky and Tes-Khemsky Districts in the south, and Chaa-Kholsky District in the west.Official website of Ulug-Khemsky District
History
The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Shagonar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,266, with the population of Shagonar accounting for 56.9% of that number.

History

Ulug-Khemsky

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 ...

was established within the

Tuvan People's Republic The Tuvan People's Republic (TPR; tyv, Тыва Арат Республик, translit=Tywa Arat Respublik; Yanalif: ''Tьʙа Arat Respuʙlik'', ),) and abbreviated TAR. known as the Tannu Tuva People's Republic until 1926, was a partially rec ...

on September 8, 1923. It became Ulug-Khemsky District on October 13, 1944, when the Tuvan People's Republic became a part of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

. In 1957, its territory was enlarged by appending Bayan-Kolsky Selsoviet. In April 1961, Chaa-Kholsky District was merged into Ulug-Khemsky District. On February 25, 1975, Bayan-Kolsky Selsoviet was transferred back to Kyzylsky District, and Chaa-Kholsky District was split back out on December 20, 1991. When Chedi-Kholsky District was established on December 21, 1992, Khonderginsky Selsoviet of Ulug-Khemsky District was transferred to it.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Tuva States and territories established in 1923 __NOTOC__