Suntarsky District (; , ''Suntaar uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (

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

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. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Nyurbinsky District in the north and northeast, Verkhnevilyuysky District in the east, Olyokminsky District in the southeast, Lensky District in the southwest, and with Mirninsky District in the west. 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 (a '' selo'') of Suntar. Population: 25,485 ( 2002 Census); The population of Suntar accounts for 39.9% of the district's total population.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Vilyuy.

Climate

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

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is about .

History

The district was established on January 9, 1930.

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 ...

: 97.8% * Evens: 0.7% *

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 ...

: 0.6% *other: 0.9%

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of gold, brown coal, gypsum, anhydrite, construction materials, and others minerals.

Transportation

The Vilyuy Highway runs through the district, connecting it with

Yakutsk Yakutsk ( ) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the ...

, Vilyuysk, and Mirny. There is an airport in Suntar.

Inhabited localities

Divisional source:Suntarsky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

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