Lensky District, Sakha Republic

Lensky District
Ленский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaЛиэнскэй улууһа
Khapchagay Rock in Lensky District
Khapchagay Rock in Lensky District
Flag of Lensky District
Coat of arms of Lensky District
Map
Location of Lensky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 60°43′N 114°55′E / 60.717°N 114.917°E / 60.717; 114.917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedJanuary 30, 1930[2]
Administrative centerLensk[2]
Area
 • Total77,000 km2 (30,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Total39,765
 • Density0.52/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
 • Urban
87.0%
 • Rural
13.0%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns, 2 Settlements, 8 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 cities/towns, 2 Urban-type settlements[4], 16 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asLensky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]3 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID98627000

Lensky District (Russian: Ле́нский улу́с; Yakut: Лиэнскэй улууһа, Lienskey uluuha) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic and borders Mirninsky District in the north, Suntarsky District in the northeast, Olyokminsky District in the east, and Irkutsk Oblast in the south and west. The area of the district is 77,000 square kilometers (30,000 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Lensk.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 39,765, with the population of Lensk accounting for 62.8% of that number.[3]

  1. ^ a b Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
  2. ^ a b c d e f Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  5. ^ a b Law #172-Z #351-III
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference SakhaR_mun1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.