Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kyakhtinsky District is one of the
twenty-one in the
Republic of Buryatia. It is divided into one
town (an administrative division with the
administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of
Kyakhta), one
urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the
urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of
Naushki), eight
selsoviets, and five
somons, all of which comprise forty
rural localities. As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as
Kyakhtinsky Municipal District. The town (together with one rural locality—the settlement of
Sudzha) and the urban-type settlement are incorporated as two urban settlements, and the eight selsoviets and five
somons are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Kyakhta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district. ==References==