Momsky District (; , ''Muoma 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 Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...

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. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its

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is the

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') of

Khonuu Khonuu (; ) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Momsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River. Population: Geography Khonuu is located approximately northeast of ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 4,452, with the population of Khonuu accounting for 55.6% of that number.

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. The highest point of the

Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River, Yana and Indigirka River, Indigirka Rivers. Administratively, the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the eas ...

, () high Mount Pobeda, is located in the district. The main river in the district is the

Indigirka The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...

with its

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the

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and the Chibagalakh.

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Momsky District
Average

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ranges from in the intermountain basin to in the mountains.

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931. Prior to that, its territory was a part of

Verkhoyansky District Verkhoyansky District (; , ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of ...

. The

Moma Natural Park Moma Natural Park or Moma Nature Park (, ''Momsky Pryrodny Park''; , ''Aan Aiylgy'') is a protected area of the Momsko-Chersk Region of Yakutia in the upper part of the Moma River basin. Administratively the park is a part of the Moma District, ...

, located in the Moma River valley and the

Ulakhan-Chistay Range The Ulakhan-Chistay Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.''Ulakhan-Chistay'' / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. ...

of the southern part of the district, is a major tourist attraction that was established on 18 June 1996.Moma Natural Park Official site
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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Momsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. The district is divided into six rural okrugs (''naslegs'') which comprise seven rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Momsky Municipal District. Its six rural okrugs are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #173-Z #354-III The '' selo'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture, including breeding of horses and cattle, fur farming, and reindeer herding.

Demographics

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: *

Yakuts The Yakuts or Sakha (, ; , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation. They also inhabit some districts of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. They speak Yakut, which belongs to the Si ...

: 62.3% *

Evens The Evens /əˈvɛn/ ( Even: эвэн; pl. эвэсэл, ''evesel'' in Even and эвены, ''eveny'' in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and ...

: 30.5% *

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

: 4.9% *

Yukaghir people The Yukaghirs, or Yukagirs ( (), ), are a Siberian ethnic group in the Russian Far East, living in the basin of the Kolyma River. Geographic distribution The Tundra Yukaghirs live in the Lower Kolyma region in the Sakha Republic; the Taiga Y ...

: 0.5% *others ethnicities: 1.8%

References

Notes

Sources

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