Kachugsky District

Kachugsky District (Russian: Качугский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kachugsky Municipal District. The area of the district is 32,000 square kilometers (12,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Kachug. Population: 17,388(2010 Census); 20,501 (2002 Census); 23,026(1989 Census). The population of Kachug accounts for 40.3% of the district's total population.

Kachugsky District
Качугский район
Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve, on the northwest shore of Lake Baikal in Kachugsky District
Location of Kachugsky District (#14) in east-central Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°58′N 105°52′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
Established28 June 1926
Administrative centerKachug
Area
  Total32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population
  Total17,388
  Estimate 
(2018)
16,899 (−2.8%)
  Density0.54/km2 (1.4/sq mi)
  Urban
40.3%
  Rural
59.7%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities1 Urban-type settlements, 76 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKachugsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 )
OKTMO ID25618000
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