Verkhoyansky District

Verkhoyansky District
Верхоянский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaҮөһээ Дьааҥы улууhа
Mat-Gora, Verkhoyansky District
Mat-Gora, Verkhoyansky District
Flag of Verkhoyansky District
Coat of arms of Verkhoyansky District
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Location of Verkhoyansky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 67°33′N 133°23′E / 67.550°N 133.383°E / 67.550; 133.383
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedJanuary 5, 1967[2]
Administrative centerBatagay[3]
Area
 • Total137,400 km2 (53,100 sq mi)
Population
 • Total12,815
 • Density0.093/km2 (0.24/sq mi)
 • Urban
46.2%
 • Rural
53.8%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns under district jurisdiction, 2 Settlements, 14 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[3]1 cities/towns, 2 Urban-type settlements[5], 26 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asVerkhoyansky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[7]3 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID98616000
Websitehttps://mr-verhojanskij.sakha.gov.ru/

Verkhoyansky District (Russian: Верхоя́нский улу́с; Yakut: Үөһээ Дьааҥы улууһа, Üöhee Caaŋı uluuha, IPA: [ˈyøheː ɟaːŋɯ uluːha]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with Ust-Yansky District in the northeast, Momsky District in the east, Tomponsky District in the south, Kobyaysky District in the southwest, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the west, and with Bulunsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 137,400 square kilometers (53,100 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Batagay.[3] Population: 12,815 (2010 Census);[4] 13,666 (2002 Census);[9] 24,259 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Batagay accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.[4]

  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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Law #172-Z #351-III
  7. ^ Law #173-Z #354-III
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  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.