Piy-Khemsky District

Piy-Khemsky District (Пий-Хе́мский кожуун; Бии-Хем кожуун, Bii-Xem kojuun) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 9200 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Turan, Tuva Republic. Population: 11,431 (2002 Census);  The population of Turan accounts for 49.4% of the district's total population.