Muysky District

Muysky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the administrative divisions of the [Republic of Buryatia|twenty-one] in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the types of [inhabited localities in Russia|urban locality] of Taksimo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,142, with the population of Taksimo accounting for 71.8% of that number.

History

The district was established on October 23, 1989 from parts of the territories of Bauntovsky and Severo-Baykalsky Districts.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Muysky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into two urban-type settlements and two selsoviets, which comprise six types of inhabited [localities in Russia|rural localities]. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Muysky Municipal District. Severomuysk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement within the municipal district. The other urban settlement within the municipal district incorporates two administrative divisions—Taksimo Urban-Type Settlement and Bambuysky Selsoviet. The remaining selsoviet is incorporated as a rural settlement within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Taksimo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.