Gorny District

Gorny District
Горный улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaГорнай улууһа
Berdigestyakh, on the Maatta River
Berdigestyakh, on the Maatta River
Flag of Gorny District
Coat of arms of Gorny District
Map
Location of Gorny District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 62°06′N 126°42′E / 62.100°N 126.700°E / 62.100; 126.700
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedJune 25, 1931[2]
Administrative centerBerdigestyakh[2]
Area
 • Total45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi)
Population
 • Total11,706
 • Density0.26/km2 (0.66/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions9 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 Urban-type settlements[4], 16 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asGorny Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID98620000
Population of Gorny District
2010 Census11,706[3]
2002 Census11,422[8]
1989 Census10,034[9]
1979 Census7,977[10]

Gorny District (Russian: Го́рный улу́с; Yakut: Горнай улууһа, Gornay 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 center of the republic and borders Vilyuysky and Kobyaysky Districts in the north, Namsky District and the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the east, Khangalassky District in the south, Olyokminsky District in the southwest, and Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west. The area of the district is 45,600 square kilometers (17,600 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Berdigestyakh.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,706, with the population of Berdigestyakh accounting for 55.2% 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.