Khorinsky District

Khorinsky District (Russian: Хо́ринский райо́н; Buryat: Хориин аймаг, Khoriin aimag) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 13,431 square kilometers (5,186 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khorinsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,467, with the population of Khorinsk accounting for 44.1% of that number.

Khorinsky District
Хоринский район
Other transcription(s)
  BuryatХориин аймаг
Barn for the night for exiles, Khorinsky District
Location of Khorinsky District in the Buryat Republic
Coordinates: 52°10′N 109°46′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Buryatia
EstablishedNovember 1923
Administrative centerKhorinsk
Area
  Total13,431 km2 (5,186 sq mi)
Population
  Total18,467
  Estimate 
(2018)
17,138 (−7.2%)
  Density1.4/km2 (3.6/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions7 Selsoviets, 3 Somons
  Inhabited localities27 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKhorinsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 )
OKTMO ID81657000
Websitehttp://admhrn.sdep.ru
Population of Khorinsky District
2010 Census18,467
2002 Census19,367
1989 Census22,870
1979 Census21,452
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