Kuytunsky District
municipal district in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Kuytunsky District (Russian: Куйтунский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kuytunsky Municipal District. The area of the district is 11,200 square kilometers (4,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Kuytun. Population: 31,856 (2010 census); 38,311 (2002 Census); 42,455 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kuytun accounts for 31.7% of the district's total population.
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Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Постановление №9/5-ЗС от 15 апреля 2009 г. «Устав Иркутской области», в ред. Закона №2-У от 14 декабря 2017 г.
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