Nukutsky District

Nukutsky District (Нукутский райо́н; Нγхэдэй аймаг, Nükhedei aimag) is an administrative district of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the thirty-three in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nukutsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2400 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Novonukutsky. Population: 17,209 (2002 Census);  The population of Novo-Nukutsky accounts for 21.8% of the district's total population.