Ulchsky District
District in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Ulchsky District (Russian: У́льчский райо́н, romanized: Ulchskiy rayon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and named after the indigenous Ulch people. The area of the district is 39,128 square kilometers (15,107 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bogorodskoye. Population: 18,729 (2010 census); 23,930 (2002 census); 28,746 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Bogorodskoye accounts for 20.8% of the district's total population.
01History
A number of interesting Yuan and Ming Dynasty archaeological monuments have been found on the Tyr Cliff near the village of Tyr in this district.
02Demographics
Over 90% of the Russian population of Ulch people live in Ulchsky District.
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- Tyr village on the Amur River. Yegor Meyer.jpg by Yegor Meyer, Public domain
- Ravenstein-Tyr-monument-196.png by Drawing by G.M. Permikin, engraved by W.Brewer, Public domain
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