Bauntovsky District


Bauntovsky District аймаг, ''Babanta is an administrative and municipal district, one of the 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 rural locality of Bagdarin. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,667, with the population of Bagdarin accounting for 49.0% of that number.

Etymology

The district is named after Lake Baunt.

Geography

Most of the district's territory is located on a plateau.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bauntovsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. The district is divided into nine selsoviets, comprising twenty-four rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bauntovsky Municipal District. Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Bagdarin serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.