Kizhinginsky District
Kizhinginsky District (; , "Khejengyn aimag") is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a "selo") of Kizhinga. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,509, with the population of Kizhinga accounting for 38.6% of that number. History. The district was established on December 12, 1940, when its territory was split from Khorinsky District. Administrative and municipal status. Within the framework of administrative  divisions, Kizhinginsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia. The district is divided into two selsoviets and seven "somons", which comprise twenty-one rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kizhinginsky Municipal District. Its two selsoviets and seven "somons" are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The "selo" of Kizhinga serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.