Shelekhovsky District
municipal district in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Shelekhovsky District (Russian: Ше́леховский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shelekhovsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,020 square kilometers (780 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shelekhov. Population: 14,435 (2010 census); 11,836 (2002 Census).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shelekhovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Shelekhov serves as its administrative center. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shelekhovsky Municipal District.
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Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области.
“Shelekhovsky District” enters the record as municipal district in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shelekhovsky, District and municipal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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