Olenyoksky District

Olenyoksky District
Оленёкский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaӨлөөн улууhа
Flag of Olenyoksky District
Coat of arms of Olenyoksky District
Map
Location of Olenyoksky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 68°30′15″N 112°26′50″E / 68.50417°N 112.44722°E / 68.50417; 112.44722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedOctober 1, 1935[2]
Administrative centerOlenyok[3]
Area
 • Total
318,000 km2 (123,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
4,127
 • Density0.013/km2 (0.034/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions4 rural okrug
 • Inhabited localities[3]4 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asOlenyoksky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID98642000
Websitehttps://mr-olenekskij.sakha.gov.ru/

Olenyoksky District (Russian: Оленёкский улу́с; Yakut: Өлөөн улууһа, Ölöön uluuha, IPA: [øløːn uluːha]), or Olenyoksky-Evenki National District,[8] 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 west of the republic and borders with Anabarsky District in the north, Bulunsky and Zhigansky Districts in the east, Vilyuysky, Verkhnevilyuysky, and Nyurbinsky Districts in the southeast, Mirninsky District in the south and southwest, and with Evenkiysky District Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west and northwest. The area of the district is 318,000 square kilometers (123,000 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Olenyok.[3] Population: 4,127 (2010 Census);[4] 4,091 (2002 Census);[9] 3,993 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Olenyok accounts for 55.1% of the district's total population.[4] With a population density of 0.013 people per square kilometer, Olenyoksky District is one of the most sparsely populated places in the world.

  1. ^ a b Constitution of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SEPM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Law #172-Z #351-III
  6. ^ Law #173-Z #354-III
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Ferguson, Jenanne (2019). Words like Birds: Sakha Language Discourses and Practices in the City. Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press. p. 111.
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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.