Administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast
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| Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: -History:... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
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| Administrative center: Irkutsk Irkutsk Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov... |
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| # of districts Raion A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"... (районы) |
33 |
| # of cities/towns (города) |
22 |
| # of urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union... s (посёлки городского типа) |
54 |
| # of rural administrations (сельские администрации) |
370 |
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| # of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты) |
1,503 |
| # of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения) |
39 |
- Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug
- Districts:
- Alarsky (Аларский)
- with 17 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Bayandayevsky (Баяндаевский)
- with 12 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- BokhanskyBokhansky DistrictBokhansky District is an administrative and municipal district of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Bokhan. District's population:...
(Боханский)- with 13 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Ekhirit-Bulagatsky (Эхирит-Булагатский)
- with 13 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Nukutsky (Нукутский)
- with 10 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Osinsky (Осинский)
- with 12 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Alarsky (Аларский)
- Districts:
- Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:
- IrkutskIrkutskIrkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
(Иркутск) (administrative center)- city districts:
- Kirovsky (Кировский)
- Kuybyshevsky (Куйбышевский)
- Leninsky (Ленинский)
- Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
- Sverdlovsky (Свердловский)
- city districts:
- AngarskAngarskAngarsk is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Angara River, from Moscow. It serves as the administrative center of Angarsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population:...
(Ангарск) - BodayboBodayboBodaybo is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vitim River at its confluence with the Bodaybo River. Population: 12,800 ....
(Бодайбо) - BratskBratskBratsk is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. Population: Although the name sounds like the Russian word for 'brother' , it actually comes from 'bratskiye lyudi', an old name for the Buryats.-History:The first Europeans in the area arrived...
(Братск)- city districts:
- Padunsky (Падунский)
- Pravoberezhny (Правобережный)
- Tsentralny (Центральный)
- city districts:
- CheremkhovoCheremkhovoCheremkhovo is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population: It was founded in 1772. It is one of the coal-mining towns in the Irkutsk coal basin.-References:*Transsib.ru....
(Черемхово)- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- SvirskSvirskSvirsk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Angara River northwest of Irkutsk. Population: 21,000 .Svirsk was granted town status in 1949....
(Свирск)
- Svirsk
- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- NizhneudinskNizhneudinskNizhneudinsk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Uda River , northwest of Irkutsk. It stands on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and is served by a small airport, ICAO code UINN. Population: 39,700 ....
(Нижнеудинск)- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- AlzamayAlzamayAlzamay is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Toporok River northwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in 1899 as a settlement around Alzamay railway station. Town status was granted to it in 1955....
(Алзамай)
- Alzamay
- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- SayanskSayanskSayansk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River northwest of Irkutsk. Population: Sayansk was founded in 1970. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975 and then town status in 1985....
(Саянск) - ShelekhovShelekhovShelekhov is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Irkutsk. Population: It was founded in the early 1950s due to the construction of an aluminum plant. In 1956, it was named Shelekhov after a Russian explorer Grigory Shelekhov. For some reason, the authorities used the incorrect ...
(Шелехов) - TayshetTayshetTayshet is a town and a railroad junction in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: Here the Baikal Amur Mainline begins, branching northeast from the Trans-Siberian Railway...
(Тайшет)- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- BiryusinskBiryusinskBiryusinsk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Biryusa River , northwest of Irkutsk. Administratively, Biryusinsk is under the jurisdiction of the nearby town of Tayshet. Population:...
(Бирюсинск)
- Biryusinsk
- Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction:
- YurtyYurtyYurty is an urban locality in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population:...
(Юрты)
- Yurty
- Towns under the town's jurisdiction:
- TulunTulunTulun is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Iya River , northwest of Irkutsk. It serves as the administrative center of Tulunsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population: -History:...
(Тулун) - Usolye-SibirskoyeUsolye-SibirskoyeUsolye-Sibirskoye is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Angara River. Population: -History:It was founded in 1669 under the name Usolye, an archaic Russian word for a salt producing town, by Mikhalevs brothers, the Cossacks who had discovered salt deposits in a...
(Усолье-Сибирское) - Ust-IlimskUst-IlimskUst-Ilimsk is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River. Population: 53,000 .-History:An ostrog was built on the present site of the town in the 17th century; however, the modern town was not founded until 1966, during the construction of the Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power...
(Усть-Илимск) - Ust-KutUst-KutUst-Kut is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Located on a western loop of the Lena River, it spreads out over along the left bank, near the point where the Kuta River joins from the west. The town's name means 'mouth of the river Kuta' in Russian, with the name Kuta coming from an Evenk word...
(Усть-Кут) - ZimaZima (town)Zima is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the intersection of the Trans-Siberian Railway with the Oka River. It serves as the administrative center of Ziminsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population: -History:...
(Зима)
- Irkutsk
- Districts:
- AngarskyAngarsky DistrictAngarsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Angarsk . Population: 11,574 ....
(Ангарский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Meget (Мегет)
- with 2 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- BalaganskyBalagansky DistrictBalagansky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Балаганский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Balagansk (Балаганск)
- with 6 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- BodaybinskyBodaybinsky DistrictBodaybinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Бодайбинский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Artyomovsky (Артёмовский)
- Balakhninsky (Балахнинский)
- Kropotkin (Кропоткин)
- Mamakan (Мамакан)
- with 1 rural administration under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- BratskyBratsky DistrictBratsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Братский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- VikhorevkaVikhorevkaVikhorevka is a town in Bratsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vikhorevka River , northwest of Irkutsk and southwest of Bratsk. -History:...
(Вихоревка)
- Vikhorevka
- with 24 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- CheremkhovskyCheremkhovsky DistrictCheremkhovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Черемховский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- MikhaylovkaMikhaylovka, Irkutsk OblastMikhaylovka is an urban locality in Cheremkhovsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population:...
(Михайловка)
- Mikhaylovka
- with 17 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ChunskyChunsky DistrictChunsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Чунский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Chunsky (Чунский)
- Lesogorsk (Лесогорск)
- Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
- with 8 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- IrkutskyIrkutsky DistrictIrkutsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Иркутский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Bolshaya Rechka (Большая Речка)
- Listvyanka (Листвянка)
- Markova (Маркова)
- with 18 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- KachugskyKachugsky DistrictKachugsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Качугский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kachug (Качуг)
- with 13 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- KatangskyKatangsky DistrictKatangsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Катангский)- with 4 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kazachinsko-LenskyKazachinsko-Lensky DistrictKazachinsko-Lensky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Казачинско-Ленский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kunerma (Кунерма)
- Magistralny (Магистральный)
- Ulkan (Улькан)
- with 7 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- KirenskyKirensky DistrictKirensky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Киренский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KirenskKirenskKirensk is a town and the administrative center of Kirensky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kirenga and the Lena Rivers, north of Irkutsk, north-northwest of the northern tip of Lake Baikal, and northeast of Ust-Kut...
(Киренск)
- Kirensk
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Alexeyevsk (Алексеевск)
- with 11 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KuytunskyKuytunsky DistrictKuytunsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Куйтунский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kuytun (Куйтун)
- with 20 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Mamsko-ChuyskyMamsko-Chuysky DistrictMamsko-Chuysky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Мамско-Чуйский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Gorno-Chuysky (Горно-Чуйский)
- Lugovsky (Луговский)
- Mama (Мама)
- Sogdiondon (Согдиондон)
- Vitimsky (Витимский)
- with 1 rural administration under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- NizhneilimskyNizhneilimsky DistrictNizhneilimsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Нижнеилимский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Zheleznogorsk-IlimskyZheleznogorsk-IlimskyZheleznogorsk-Ilimsky is a town and the administrative center of Nizhneilimsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located east of Bratsk and west of the northern tip of Lake Baikal, from the Ilim River and north of Irkutsk...
(Железногорск-Илимский)
- Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Khrebtovaya (Хребтовая)
- Novaya Igirma (Новая Игирма)
- RadishchevRadishchevRadishchev is an urban locality in Nizhneilimsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: The settlement was named after Alexander Radishchev, a famous Russian author....
(Радищев) - Rudnogorsk (Рудногорск)
- Shestakovo (Шестаково)
- Vidim (Видим)
- Yangel (Янгель)
- with 10 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- NizhneudinskyNizhneudinsky DistrictNizhneudinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Нижнеудинский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Atagay (Атагай)
- Shumsky (Шумский)
- Uk (Ук)
- with 18 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- OlkhonskyOlkhonsky DistrictOlkhonsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Ольхонский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- KhuzhirKhuzhir, Irkutsk OblastKhuzhir is a settlement in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia . It is the largest settlement on the island of Olkhon, the largest island in Lake Baikal, Siberia. It has a few thousand inhabitants, and is on the west side of the island....
(Хужир)
- Khuzhir
- with 5 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ShelekhovskyShelekhovsky DistrictShelekhovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Шелеховский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Bolshoy Lug (Большой Луг)
- with 4 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- SlyudyanskySlyudyansky DistrictSlyudyansky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Слюдянский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- BaykalskBaykalskBaykalsk is a town in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: It was founded in 1961 with the opening of a paper mill at Lake Baikal, called Baykalsk Paper and Pulp Mills....
(Байкальск) - SlyudyankaSlyudyankaSlyudyanka is a town and the administrative center of Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located at the southern tip of Lake Baikal south of Irkutsk. It is a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population:...
(Слюдянка)
- Baykalsk
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- BaykalBaykal, Irkutsk OblastBaykal is an urban locality in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located near Lake Baikal on the left bank of the Angara River, south of Irkutsk. Population:...
(Байкал) - KultukKultukKultuk is an urban locality in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the southwestern tip of Lake Baikal. Population: It was established in 1647....
(Култук)
- Baykal
- with 4 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- TayshetskyTayshetsky DistrictTayshetsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Тайшетский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kvitok (Квиток)
- Novobiryusinsky (Новобирюсинский)
- Shitkino (Шиткино)
- with 25 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- TulunskyTulunsky DistrictTulunsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Тулунский)- with 24 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- UsolskyUsolsky District, Irkutsk OblastUsolsky District is an administrative and municipal district of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Usolye-Sibirskoye. District's population:...
(Усольский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Belorechensky (Белореченский)
- Mishelyovka (Мишелёвка)
- Sredny (Средний)
- Tayturka (Тайтурка)
- Telma (Тельма)
- with 8 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Ust-IlimskyUst-Ilimsky DistrictUst-Ilimsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Усть-Илимский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Zheleznodorozhny (Железнодорожный)
- with 8 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Ust-KutskyUst-Kutsky DistrictUst-Kutsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Усть-Кутский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Yantal (Янталь)
- Zvyozdny (Звёздный)
- with 7 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Ust-UdinskyUst-Udinsky DistrictUst-Udinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Усть-Удинский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Ust-Uda (Усть-Уда)
- with 13 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ZalarinskyZalarinsky DistrictZalarinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Заларинский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Tyret Pervaya (Тыреть 1-я)
- Zalari (Залари)
- with 13 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ZhigalovskyZhigalovsky DistrictZhigalovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Жигаловский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Zhigalovo (Жигалово)
- with 10 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- ZiminskyZiminsky DistrictZiminsky District is an administrative district , one of the 33 in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia....
(Зиминский)- with 12 rural administrations under the district's jurisdiction.
- Angarsky
See also
- Administrative divisions of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous OkrugAdministrative divisions of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous OkrugUst-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug was a federal subject of Russia until December 31, 2007. On January 1, 2008 it was merged with Irkutsk Oblast. During the transitional period of 2008–2009, it retained a special status within Irkutsk Oblast.*Districts:...