Tunkinsky District

Tunkinsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, . It is located in the west of the republic.
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  • Type: municipal district with 20,100 residents
  • Description: municipal district in Buryatia, Russia
  • Also known as: “Rajon Tunka”, “Tunkinsky Raion”, and “Тункинский район Бурятии”

Tunkinsky District

Latitude
51.5367° or 51° 32′ 12″ north
Longitude
102.4212° or 102° 25′ 16″ east
Population
20,100
Elevation
1,541 metres (5,056 feet)
Open location code
9P34GCPC+MF
Geo­Names ID
2014864
Wiki­data ID
Q1098623
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Waray—“Tunkinsky District” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տունկինսկի շրջան”
  • Belarusian: “Тункінскі раён”
  • Cebuano: “Tunkinskiy Rayon”
  • Chechen: “Тункан кӀошт”
  • Chinese: “通卡區”
  • Chinese: “通金斯基區”
  • Dutch: “Toenkinskiy rayon”
  • Estonian: “Tunkinski rajoon”
  • Finnish: “Tunkan piiri”
  • French: “Raïon de la Tounka”
  • French: “raïon de Tunkinsky”
  • German: “Tunkinski rajon”
  • Hungarian: “Tunkai járás”
  • Italian: “Tunkinskij rajon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tunkinsky Koān”
  • Mongolian: “Түнхэн аймаг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tunka (Distrikt)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tunka”
  • Persian: “شهرستان تونکینسکی”
  • Polish: “Rejon tunkiński”
  • Russia Buriat: “Түнхэнэй аймаг”
  • Russian: “Тункинский район”
  • Russian: “Тункинский Район”
  • Ukrainian: “Тункинський район”
  • Vietnamese: “Tunkinsky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tunkinsky”

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