Borzinsky District
En nameBorzinsky District
Ru nameБорзинский район
Coordinates50.491°N 116.864°E
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai
Adm ctr nameBorzya
No of cities towns1
No of urban-type settlements1
No of rural localities19
Mun formation 1Borzinsky Municipal District
Mun formation1 no of urban settlements2
Mun formation1 no of rural settlements15
Area9000 km²
Pop 2010census51647
Urban pop 2010census84.9%
Rural pop 2010census15.1%
Established dateJanuary 4, 1926
Websitehttp://www.admin-borzya.ru/

Borzinsky District (Russian: Борзинский район) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai, and borders with Olovyanninsky District in the north, Aleksandrovo-Zavodsky District in the east, Zabaykalsky District in the south, and with Ononsky District in the west. The area of the district is 9,000 square kilometers (3,500 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Borzya.[1] Population: 25,095 (2002 Census);[4] The population of Borzya accounts for 60.8% of the district's total population.[5]

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  2. ^ Law #316-ZZK
  3. ^ "Borzinsky District, Encyclopedia of Trans-Baikal" (in Russian). Transbaikal State University. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
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  5. ^ 2010Census