Barun-Khemchiksky District

Barun-Khemchiksky District (Бару́н-Хемчи́кский кожуун; Барыын-Хемчик кожуун, Barıın-Xemçik kojuun) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 6290 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kyzyl-Mazhalyk. Population: 12,683 (2002 Census);  The population of Kyzyl-Mazhalyk accounts for 39.5% of the district's total population.