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The Bayandayevsky District of Irkutsk Region comprises 12 rural administrations consisting of 48 settlements. Total population is 12 755 inhabitants, as of 1.01.2008.
Forest lands of the Bayandayevsky District are 226 341 hectares, including 170 126 hectares of commercial forest lands. Forest yield is 222 261 hectares, including 97 796 hectares of old growth forests of which 67 792 hectares are soft-wood forests. Allowable annual cut is 395.2 tones per m3, of which 194.9 tones per m3 are soft-wood.
Resource Potential of Bayandayevsky District of Irkutsk Region
One of factors pacing social and economic development of the District is resource potential. The region biggest thermokarst lake Nukhu-Nur is located in the Bayandayevsky District of Irkutsk Region. The lake water is bitter, sulphate concentration is 365 milligrams per liter. The group of smaller thermokarst lakes Bakhay and Bayanday are located 1.5-2 kilometers from lake Nukhu-Nur. They are shallow; their depth is about 1-1.5 meters. Peloid of Nukhu-Nur lake is used by he health resort and pensionates.
The Bayandayevsky District of Irkutsk Region has various natural resources. Harmonious exploitation of natural resources promotes effective economic development in the District. The District is rich in construction materials - considerable gravel reserves (the deposit is located 1.5 km from Khogot Settlement). The oldest rock units of the Bayandaevskoe, Melzanskoe, Lyurskoe deposits are represented by various clays, loams which are good for production of ceramic and faced tile, china and delft ware, synthetic glue “Bustilat”, putty, water paints, brick.
The big Lapkhaiskoe coal deposit opened in 1936 is located 2.5 km to the north from Bayanday settlement, the centre of the District. Coal height is 0.6-1.0 m, depth is 0.5 m. These reserves were estimated at 56 million tones. There are alsothe following famous deposits of brown coal: the Baishinskoe (8 mln tones), the Tukhumskoe (4 mln tones), the Kyrmenskoe (15-20 mln tones), the Eleninskoe (50 mln tones), the Vershinskoe (31 mln tones). There are also big shell deposits used in poultry husbandry at the territory of Lidinsk.
Culture of Bayandayevsky District of Irkutsk Region
The Cultural Department due to the “Year of Culture in Irkutsk Region” and the “Year of Family in Russia” began to work in 2008.
People of the Bayandayevsky District took active part in the international Buryat traditional festival “Altargana. Work on folklore studies, set-dressing and costume making and others was accomplished.
The glow event in writing life became the presentation of a book of poems by local poet Taras Mandanov under the program of regional Sur-Harban. Participants of the presentation were represented by guests from theRepublic of Buryatia, Irkutsk, Ust-Orda and all admirers of the poet.
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