Bilibinsky District
Билибинский район | |
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 The Maly Anyuy River in Bilibinsky District | |
.png) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
| Coordinates: 68°03′N 166°27′E / 68.050°N 166.450°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Established | December 10, 1930[2] |
| Administrative center | Bilibino[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Head of the Administration[3] | Leonid Nikolayev[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 174,652 km2 (67,434 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,866 |
• Estimate (January 2016)[5] | 7,609 |
| • Density | 0.045/km2 (0.12/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 70.0% |
| • Rural | 30.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[6] | 1 cities/towns, 4 Urban-type settlements[7], 5 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Bilibinsky Municipal District[8] |
| • Municipal divisions[8] | 1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9  [9]) |
| OKTMO ID | 77609000 |
| Website | http://www.bilchao.ru/ |
Bilibinsky District (Russian: Били́бинский райо́н; Chukot: Билибинкэн район, Bilibinkèn rajon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[8] district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west of the autonomous okrug and borders with Chaunsky District in the northeast, Anadyrsky District in the east, Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai in the southeast, Magadan Oblast in the southwest, and the Sakha Republic in the west. The area of the district is 174,652 square kilometers (67,434 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Bilibino.[1] Population: 7,418 (2021 Census);[10] 7,866 (2010 Census);[4] 8,820 (2002 Census);[11] 27,847 (1989 Soviet census).[12] The population of Bilibino accounts for 74.8% of the district's total population.[10]
Archeological finds indicate that the territory of what is now Bilibinsky District was first inhabited in the early Neolithic. Following the establishment of Anadyrsk by Semyon Dezhnyov in the 17th century, the Bolshoy Anyuy River, which flows through the modern district, was an important link between the Cossack explorers and their base in Nizhnekolymsk and facilitated interactions between the Cossacks and the indigenous people. Gold and other minerals were discovered in the 20th century, and in the 1970s the world's smallest and most northerly nuclear power station was built in Bilibino.
- ^ a b c d Law #33-OZ
- ^ a b c Official website of Bilibinsky District. General information (in Russian)
- ^ a b Official website of Bilibinsky District. Head of the Administration (in Russian)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года Archived August 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Directive #517-rp
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Law #43-OZ
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.