Zhigansky District

Zhigansky District
Жиганский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaЭдьигээн улууhа
Northern noon, Zhigansky District
Northern noon, Zhigansky District
Flag of Zhigansky District
Coat of arms of Zhigansky District
Map
Location of Zhigansky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 66°46′N 123°16′E / 66.767°N 123.267°E / 66.767; 123.267
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedDecember 10, 1930[2]
Administrative centerZhigansk[3]
Area
 • Total140,200 km2 (54,100 sq mi)
Population
 • Total4,296
 • Density0.031/km2 (0.079/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions4 rural okrug
 • Inhabited localities[3]5 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asZhigansky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID98622000
Websitehttps://mr-zhiganskij.sakha.gov.ru/

Zhigansky District (Russian: Жига́нский улу́с; Yakut: Эдьигээн улууһа, Ecigeen 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 northern central part of the republic and borders with Bulunsky District in the north, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the east, Kobyaysky District in the southeast, Vilyuysky District in the southwest, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 140,200 square kilometers (54,100 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Zhigansk.[3] Population: 4,296 (2010 Census);[4] 4,312 (2002 Census);[8] 5,678 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Zhigansk accounts for 79.6% 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. ^ 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. ^ 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.