Bulunsky District (Russian: Булу́нский улу́с; Yakut: Булуҥ улууһа, Buluŋ 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 north of the republic and borders Ust-Yansky District in the east, Verkhoyansky District in the southeast, Eveno-Bytantaysky and Zhigansky Districts in the south, Olenyoksky District in the west, and Anabarsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 223,600 square kilometers (86,300 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban-type settlementofTiksi.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,054, with the population of Tiksi accounting for 55.9% of that number.[3]
Bulunsky District
Булунский улус
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Булуҥ улууhа |
Cape Krest-Tumsa in the Lena River delta, a protected area of Russia in Bulunsky District
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Location of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic
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| Coordinates: 70°41′N 127°21′E / 70.683°N 127.350°E / 70.683; 127.350 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Established | December 10, 1930[2] |
| Administrative center | Tiksi[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 223,600 km2 (86,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,054 |
| • Estimate
(2018)[4]
| 8,339 (−7.9%) |
| • Density | 0.040/km2 (0.10/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 55.9% |
| • Rural | 44.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1Settlements, 8 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 1Urban-type settlements[5], 9 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporatedas | Bulunsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [8]) |
| OKTMOID | 98612000 |
| 2010 Census | 9,054[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 9,775[9] |
| 1989 Census | 17,257[10] |
| 1979 Census | 14,671[11] |
The district is washed by the Laptev Sea in the north. The main river in the district is the Lena, with its tributaries Eyekit, Molodo and Syungyude. Other rivers include the Olenyok, with the Khorbusuonka and the Kyuyutingde, as well as the Omoloy and the Khara-Ulakh. There are many lakes in the Lena River delta. The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve is located in the district.[12]
Average January temperature varies from −32 °C (−26 °F) on the coast to −40 °C (−40 °F) in the interior and average July temperature varies from +4 °C (39 °F) in the north to +14 °C (57 °F) in the south. Average precipitation ranges from 150 to 200 millimeters (5.9 to 7.9 in) in the north and from 250 to 300 millimeters (9.8 to 11.8 in) in the south.
The district was established on December 10, 1930.[2] Initially, its administrative center was in the seloofKyusyur. In 1957, the administrative center was moved to Tiksi.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bulunsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic.[1] It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Tiksi) and eight rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise nine rural localities.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bulunsky Municipal District.[6] The Settlement of Tiksi is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the eight rural okrugs are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The urban-type settlement of Tiksi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[6] district.
| Settlements/Urban settlements | Population[3] | Inhabited localities in jurisdiction |
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| Tiksi (Тикси) |
2,756 |
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| Rural okrugs/Rural settlements | Population | Rural localities in jurisdiction* |
| Borogonsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement (Борогонский) |
526 | |
| Bulunsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement (Булунский) |
1,345 |
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| Bykovsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement (Быковский) |
517 |
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| Siktyakhsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement (Сиктяхский) |
287 |
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| Tumatsky Rural Okrug (Туматский) |
10 |
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| Tyumyetinsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement (Тюметинский) |
757 |
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| Khara-Ulakhsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement (Хара-Улахский) |
522 |
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| Ystannakhsky Rural Okrug (Ыстаннахский) |
27 |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1959 | 10,176 | — |
| 1970 | 12,620 | +24.0% |
| 1979 | 14,671 | +16.3% |
| 1989 | 17,257 | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 9,775 | −43.4% |
| 2010 | 9,054 | −7.4% |
| 2021 | 7,706 | −14.9% |
| Source: Census data | ||
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
The economy of the district is mostly based on reindeer husbandry and fishing. Tiksi is a sea port on the Northern Sea Route.
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:[13]
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