Tes-Khemsky_District
Tes-Khemsky District
Russian district in the Tuva Republic
Tes-Khemsky District (Russian: Тес-Хемский кожуун, romanized: Tes-Hemskij kožuun, [tʲɪs‿ˈxʲemskʲij kɐˈʐuːn]; Tuvan: Тес-Хем кожууну, romanized: Tes-Xem kojuunu, [tʰesˈçem qʰɔʑuːˈnʊ]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion, or kozhuun), one of the seventeen in the Tuva Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 6,680 square kilometers (2,580 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Samagaltay.[1] Its population was 8,174 (2010 Russian census);[3] 8,908 (2002 Census);[7] 10,413 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Samagaltay accounts for 39.6% of the district's total population.[3]