Vilyuysky District

Vilyuysky District
Вилюйский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaБүлүү улууhа
Tukulan "sand dunes", Vilyuysky District
Tukulan "sand dunes", Vilyuysky District
Flag of Vilyuysky District
Coat of arms of Vilyuysky District
Map
Location of Vilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°37′E / 63.750°N 121.617°E / 63.750; 121.617
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedJanuary 9, 1930[2]
Administrative centerVilyuysk[3]
Area
 • Total
55,200 km2 (21,300 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
25,222
 • Density0.46/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
 • Urban
52.9%
 • Rural
47.1%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns under district jurisdiction, 1 Settlements, 19 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[3]1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 25 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asVilyuysky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[7]2 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID98618000
Websitehttps://mr-viljujskij.sakha.gov.ru/

Vilyuysky District (Russian: Вилю́йский улу́с; Yakut: Бүлүү улууһа, Bülüü uluuha, IPA: [bylyː 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 western central part of the republic and borders with Zhigansky District in the northeast, Kobyaysky District in the east, Gorny District in the south, Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 55,200 square kilometers (21,300 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Vilyuysk.[3] Population: 25,222 (2010 Census);[4] 25,696 (2002 Census);[9] 28,704 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Vilyuysk accounts for 40.6% 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.