Buinsky District
Буинский район | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tatar | Буа районы |
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 Location of Buinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan | |
| Coordinates: 54°57′N 48°11′E / 54.950°N 48.183°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Established | 10 August 1930 |
| Administrative center | Buinsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,543 km2 (596 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 25,101 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 96 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Buinsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 30 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [2]) |
| OKTMO ID | 92618000 |
| Website | http://buinsk.tatarstan.ru/ |
Buinsky District (Russian: Буинский райо́н; Tatar: Буа районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the southwest of the republic and occupies a total area of 1,543 square kilometers (596 sq mi). According to the 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 25,101. As of the beginning of 2020, the population had grown to 41,587. The district currently consists of 98 settlements.[3][4]
The administrative center of the district, the town of Buinsk, is not included within the administrative structure of the district. The settlement first appeared in historical records dating to 1703. Its name is derived from the Tatar word “bua”, meaning “dam”.[5]
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ "Буинский район: древние курганы, родина соратника Мао, знаменитый драмтеатр" [The Buinsky district: ancient burial mounds, the birthplace of Mao's ally, the famous drama theater]. Реальное Время [Realnoe Vremya]. May 27, 2018. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "Численность населения муниципальных образований Республики Татарстан на начало 2020 года. Статистический бюллетень" [Population of the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan at the beginning of 2020. Statistical Bulletin] (PDF). Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Республике Татарстан [Territorialnyi organ Federalnoy sluzhby gosudarstvennoi statistiki po Respublike Tatarstan]. 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ Pospelov 2003, p. 83.