Verkhnevilyuysky District

Verkhnevilyuysky District
Верхневилюйский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • YakutҮөһээ Бүлүү улууhа
Village in Verkhnevilyuysky District
Village in Verkhnevilyuysky District
Flag of Verkhnevilyuysky District
Coat of arms of Verkhnevilyuysky District
Map
Location of Verkhnevilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 63°27′02″N 120°17′54″E / 63.45056°N 120.29833°E / 63.45056; 120.29833
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedFebruary 10, 1935
Administrative centerVerkhnevilyuysk[2]
Area
 • Total42,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Total21,661
 • Density0.52/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions21 rural okrug
 • Inhabited localities[2]29 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asVerkhnevilyuysky Municipal District[4]
 • Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID98614000
Websitehttps://mr-verhneviljujskij.sakha.gov.ru/

Verkhnevilyuysky District (Russian: Верхневилю́йский улу́с; Yakut: Үөһээ Бүлүү улууһа, Üöhee Bülüü uluuha, IPA: [ˈyøheː bylyː uluːha]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Vilyuysky District in the east, Gorny District in the southeast, Olyokminsky District in the south, Suntarsky and Nyurbinsky Districts in the west, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 42,000 square kilometers (16,000 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Verkhnevilyuysk.[2] Population: 21,661 (2010 Census);[3] 21,383 (2002 Census);[7] 20,626 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Verkhnevilyuysk accounts for 29.8% of the district's total population.[3]

  1. ^ a b Constitution of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ a b c d e Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Law #172-Z #351-III
  5. ^ Law #173-Z #354-III
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.