Bulunsky District

Bulunsky District
Булунский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • YakutБулуҥ улууhа
Cape Krest-Tumsa in the Lena River delta, a protected area of Russia in Bulunsky District
Cape Krest-Tumsa in the Lena River delta, a protected area of Russia in Bulunsky District
Flag of Bulunsky District
Coat of arms of Bulunsky District
Map
Location of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 70°41′N 127°21′E / 70.683°N 127.350°E / 70.683; 127.350
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedDecember 10, 1930[2]
Administrative centerTiksi[2]
Area
 • Total223,600 km2 (86,300 sq mi)
Population
 • Total9,054
 • Density0.040/km2 (0.10/sq mi)
 • Urban
55.9%
 • Rural
44.1%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Settlements, 8 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 Urban-type settlements[4], 9 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asBulunsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID98612000
Population of Bulunsky District
2010 Census9,054[3]
2002 Census9,775[8]
1989 Census17,257[9]
1979 Census14,671[10]

Bulunsky District (Russian: Булу́нский улу́с; Yakut: Булуҥ улууһа, Buluŋ 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 north of the republic and borders Ust-Yansky District in the east, Verkhoyansky District in the southeast, Eveno-Bytantaysky and Zhigansky Districts in the south, Olenyoksky District in the west, and Anabarsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 223,600 square kilometers (86,300 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Tiksi.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,054, with the population of Tiksi accounting for 55.9% 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 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. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.