Khangalassky District (russian: Хангала́сский улу́с; sah, Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Xaŋalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (

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, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic,

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders

Megino-Kangalassky District Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...

in the east, Amginsky and Aldansky Districts in the south, Olyokminsky District in the southwest, Gorny District in the northwest, and the territory of the city of republic significance of

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one ...

in the north. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its

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is the

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Pokrovsk Pokrovsk (russian: Покро́вск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic, a town under republic jurisdiction in Khangalassky District of the Sakha Republic ;R ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district, excluding its administrative center, was 24,557.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Lena. The

Lena Pillars Lena Pillars ( rus, Ле́нские столбы́, Lenskiye Stolby; sah, Өлүөнэ туруук хайалара, ''Ölüöne Turūk Khayalara'') is the name given to a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern ...

National Park is located in the district along the right bank of the Lena River and the left bank of the Sinyaya River. The Turuuk Khaya Rocks, a protected area, are unusual rock formations by the Lyutenge River.Visit Yakutia
/ref> The Tamma river forms the border between this district and

in a stretch of its course. Other important rivers are the Menda and the Kenkeme. The average January temperature is and the average July temperature is . Average annual precipitation is about .

History

The district was established on February 10, 1930 as Zapadno-Kangalassky District (). From 1937 to 1992, it was known as ''Ordzhonikidzevsky District'' ().

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khangalassky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one

(an administrative division with the

in the town (inhabited locality) of

), one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

(inhabited locality) of Mokhsogollokh), and sixteen rural okrugs (''naslegs''), which comprise twenty-seven rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khangalassky Municipal District. Within the municipal district, the Town of Pokrovsk is incorporated into Pokrovsk Urban Settlement, the Settlement of Mokhsogollokh is incorporated into Mokhsogollokh Urban Settlement, and the sixteen rural okrugs are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements.Law #173-Z #354-III The town of Pokrovsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture and production of construction materials. The

A360 Lena Highway A360 Lena Highway or The Amur-Yakutsk Highway (russian: Амуро-Якутская автомобильная дорога or russian: Амуро-Якутская автомагистраль) is a federal highway in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in R ...

runs through the district.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: * Yakuts: 59.5% *

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: 33.4% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

: 1.4% *

Evenks The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym )Autonym: (); russian: Эвенки (); (); formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; mn, Хамниган () or Aiwenji () are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Eve ...

: 1.1% *

Evens The Evens ( eve, эвэн; pl. , in Even and , in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of th ...

: 0.7% *others: 4.0%

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Khangalassky District
* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic