Bauntovsky District ( Russian : Ба́унтовский райо́н ; Buryat : Бабанта (Баунтын) аймаг , Babanta (Bauntyn) aimag ) is an administrative and municipal district ( raion ), 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 66,816 square kilometers (25,798 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo ) 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.
7-709: The district is named after Lake Baunt . Most of the district's territory is located on the Vitim Plateau . To the west rises the Ikat Range and to the northeast, the Babanty Mountains , stretching from southwest to northeast from the Big Khapton and Little Khapton ridges to the Vitim River . The Southern Muya Range rises in the northwestern sector of the district, with lake Dorong . The Baunt Depression , along which
14-704: A roughly triangular shape. It stretches in a southwest-northeast direction parallel to the main ridge of the Southern Muya Range to the north and the Baunt Basin , with the Maly Khapton and Babanty Range , two ranges of the Vitim Plateau , to the south. The Ikat Range rises to the west and the Kapylyushi lakes lie to the southwest. The Upper Tsipa enters the lake at the SW shore through two arms. The Tsipikan flows from
21-402: 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. As of the 2010 Census
28-493: Is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bolshoy Khapton , near the confluence of the Upper Tsipa , and the village of Baunt is on the northeastern shore. At a headland named Cape Tryokhstanka there are ancient petroglyphs . The lake is a protected area since 1988. Its environment provides a habitat for a number of fish and bird species, as well as the crustacean Asellus aquaticus . The lake has
35-699: The Tsipa River flows, stretches between the Tsipikan Mountains and the South Muya Range. Baunt , after which the district is named, as well as Busani are lakes located in the depression. To the southwest the Kapylyushi lake is on the northern side of the Tsipikan banks. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Bauntovsky District is one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia . The district
42-502: The east into the lake and further to the east lies lake Busani . The lower Tsipa river flows out of the lake from the northeast. The northwestern shore, as well as part of the southern shore of the lake, is abrupt and rocky with up to 1,400 meters (4,600 ft) high mountains towering above it. On the other hand, the shores to the southwest and east are low and marshy, with many small lakes and bogs. The lake freezes between late October or early November to May or early June. The ice in
49-460: The ethnic breakdown of Bauntovsky District was the following: Russians : 76.08% Buryats : 14.07% Evenks : 5.04% Others: 4.81% Lake Baunt Baunt ( Russian : Баунт ; Russian Buryat : Баунт нуур , Baunt nuur ) is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District , Buryatia , Russia . The village of Kurort Baunt , where there are some hot springs ,
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