Gorny District
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Gorny District (Russian: Го́рный улу́с; Yakut: Горнай улууһа, Gornay uluuha) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Vilyuysky and Kobyaysky Districts in the north, Namsky District and the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the east, Khangalassky District in the south, Olyokminsky District in the southwest, and Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west. The area of the district is 45,600 square kilometers (17,600 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Berdigestyakh.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,706, with the population of Berdigestyakh accounting for 55.2% of that number.[3]
Gorny District
Горный улус | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Sakha | Горнай улууһа |
Coordinates: 62°06′N 126°42′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
Established | June 25, 1931[2] |
Administrative center | Berdigestyakh[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 45,600 km2 (17,600 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,706 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 11,975 (+2.3%) |
• Density | 0.26/km2 (0.66/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 9 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 16 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Gorny Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 98620000 |
2010 Census | 11,706[3] |
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2002 Census | 11,422[9] |
1989 Census | 10,034[10] |
1979 Census | 7,977[11] |