Zhigalovsky District (original) (raw)

District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Zhigalovsky District Жигаловский район
District
Traditional building in ZhigalovoTraditional building in Zhigalovo
Flag of Zhigalovsky DistrictFlagCoat of arms of Zhigalovsky DistrictCoat of arms
MapLocation of Zhigalovsky District (#8) in central Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°49′N 105°09′E / 54.817°N 105.150°E / 54.817; 105.150
Country Russia
Federal subject Irkutsk Oblast[1]
Established 28 July 1926Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative center Zhigalovo[2]
Area[3]
• Total 22,640 km2 (8,740 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)[4]
• Total 9,340
• Density 0.41/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
• Urban 57.5%
• Rural 42.5%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[5] 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 36 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as Zhigalovsky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7] 1 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone UTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID 25606000
Website http://zhigalovo.irkobl.ru

Zhigalovsky District (Russian: Жига́ловский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Zhigalovsky Municipal District.[7] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zhigalovo.[2] Population: 9,340 (2010 Census);[4] 10,408 (2002 Census);[9] 11,043 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Zhigalovo accounts for 57.5% of the district's total population.[4]

The district is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau area. The Ilga and Tutura, tributaries of the Lena River, flow across it.[11] The area of the district is 22,640 square kilometers (8,740 sq mi).[3]

Some of the settlements of the district are Ust-Ilga (Усть-Илга), Konstantinovka (Константиновка), Lukinovo (Лукиново), Bachai (Бачай), Zakharova (Захарова), Timoshino (Тимошино), Butyrina (Бутырина), Kaidakan (Кайдакан), Chikan (Чикан), Tutura (Тутура), Kelora (Келора), Chichek (Чичек), Kachen (Качень), Rudovka (Рудовка), Znamenka (Знаменка), and Nizhnyaya Sloboda (Нижняя Слобода).[11]

  1. ^ a b Charter of Irkutsk Oblast
  2. ^ a b Law #49-OZ
  3. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Zhigalovsky District. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ According to Article 16.3 of Law #49-OZ, the laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts. For Zhigalovsky District, Law #68-oz is used.
  6. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  7. ^ a b c Law #68-oz
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  11. ^ a b Google Earth