Ziminsky District (russian: Зими́нский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
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 ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Ziminsky Municipal District.
[Law #102-oz] The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Zima
Zima may refer to:
* Zima (drink), an alcoholic beverage
* Zima (town), a town in Russia
* Zima (surname)
* '' Zima Blue and Other Stories'', a collection of short works by Alastair Reynolds
* Zima, a character in the anime series ''Chobits
...
[Law #49-OZ] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 14,420 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Ziminsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Zima
Zima may refer to:
* Zima (drink), an alcoholic beverage
* Zima (town), a town in Russia
* Zima (surname)
* '' Zima Blue and Other Stories'', a collection of short works by Alastair Reynolds
* Zima, a character in the anime series ''Chobits
...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
,
despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ziminsky Municipal District.
The Town of Zima is incorporated separately from the district as Ziminskoye Urban Okrug.
[Law #85-oz]
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
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