Verkhoyansky District (; , ) is an administrative
[Constitution of the Sakha Republic] and municipal
[Law #172-Z #351-III] district (
raion
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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 ...
, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with
Ust-Yansky District in the northeast,
Momsky District in the east,
Tomponsky District in the south,
Kobyaysky District in the southwest,
Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the west, and with
Bulunsky District
Bulunsky District (; , ''BuluĊ uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is the mos ...
in the northwest. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
urban locality (a
settlement) of
Batagay.
[Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic] Population: 13,666 (
2002 Census);
The population of Batagay accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.
Geography
The main river in the district is the
Yana and its tributaries
Nelgese,
Derbeke,
Tykakh and
Baky.
Climate
Average January temperature ranges from to and average July temperature ranges from to . Annual
precipitation
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ranges from .
[Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring]
Verkhoyansky District
History
The district was established on January 5, 1967.
Demographics
As of the
2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
*
Yakuts: 78.8%
*
Russians
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: 13.9%
*
Evens: 5.0%
*
Ukrainians
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: 0.5%
*other ethnicities: 1.8%
Economy
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.
There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, antimony, gold, silver, brown coal, and other minerals.
Inhabited localities
Divisional source:Verkhoyansky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of the Sakha Republic
States and territories established in 1967