Vilyuysky District
Вилюйский улус
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• Sakha | Бүлүү улууhа |
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Tukulan "sand dunes", Vilyuysky District
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Location of Vilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic
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Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°37′E / 63.750°N 121.617°E / 63.750; 121.617 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
Established | January 9, 1930[2] |
Administrative center | Vilyuysk[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 55,200 km2 (21,300 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 25,222 |
• Estimate
(2018)[5]
| 25,014 (−0.8%) |
• Density | 0.46/km2 (1.2/sq mi) |
• Urban | 52.9% |
• Rural | 47.1% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1Towns under district jurisdiction, 1 Settlements, 19 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[3] | 1cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 25 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporatedas | Vilyuysky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[8] | 2 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ![]() |
OKTMOID | 98618000 |
Website | https://mr-viljujskij.sakha.gov.ru/ |
Vilyuysky District (Russian: Вилю́йский улу́с; Yakut: Бүлүү улууһа, Bülüü uluuha, IPA: [bylyː uluːha]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Zhigansky District in the northeast, Kobyaysky District in the east, Gorny District in the south, Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 55,200 square kilometers (21,300 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the townofVilyuysk.[3] Population: 25,222 (2010 Russian census);[4] 25,696 (2002 Census);[10] 28,704 (1989 Soviet census).[11] The population of Vilyuysk accounts for 40.6% of the district's total population.[4]
Main rivers in the district include the Vilyuy and its tributaries the Tyung and Chybyda, as well as the Tympylykan and Lungkha tributaries of the Lena.[12]
The district was established on January 9, 1930.[2]
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:[13]
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.[2]
Towns / Cities | Population | Male | Female | Inhabited localities in jurisdiction |
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Vilyuysk Urban Settlement (Вилюйск) |
10,537 | 4,669 (45.6%) | 5,565 (54.4%) | |
Urban settlements | Population | Male | Female | Inhabited localities in jurisdiction |
Kysyl-Syr Urban Settlement (Кысыл-Сыр) |
3,106 | 1,578 (50.8%) | 1,528 (49.2%) | |
Rural settlements | Population | Male | Female | Rural localities in jurisdiction* |
Arylakhsky Nasleg (Арылахский наслег) |
1,051 | 511 (48.6%) | 540 (51.4%) |
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Bappagayinsky Nasleg (Баппагайинский наслег) |
651 | 306 (47.0%) | 345 (53.0%) | |
Bekcheginsky Nasleg (Бекчегинский наслег) |
477 | 245 (51.4%) | 232 (48.6%) |
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Borogonsky Nasleg (Борогонский наслег) |
479 | 239 (49.9%) | 240 (50.1%) |
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Yekyundinsky Nasleg (Екюндинский наслег) |
321 | 146 (45.5%) | 175 (54.5%) |
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Zhemkonsky Nasleg (Жемконский наслег) |
483 | 250 (51.8%) | 233 (48.2%) |
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Kyrgydaysky Nasleg (Кыргыдайский наслег) |
554 | 279 (50.4%) | 275 (49.6%) |
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Kyuletsky 1-y Nasleg (Кюлетский 1-й наслег) |
801 | 396 (49.4%) | 405 (50.6%) |
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Kyuletsky 2-y Nasleg (Кюлетский 2-й наслег) |
412 | 209 (50.7%) | 203 (49.3%) |
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Lyokyochyonsky Nasleg (Лёкёчёнский наслег) |
428 | 211 (49.3%) | 217 (50.7%) |
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Tasagarsky Nasleg (Тасагарский наслег) |
544 | 277 (50.9%) | 267 (49.1%) |
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Togussky Nasleg (Тогусский наслег) |
601 | 288 (47.9%) | 313 (52.1%) |
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Pervyy Togussky Nasleg (Первый Тогусский наслег) |
534 | 268 (50.2%) | 266 (49.8%) |
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Tylgyninsky Nasleg (Тылгынинский наслег) |
644 | 300 (46.6%) | 344 (53.4%) |
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Khagynsky Nasleg (Хагынский наслег) |
424 | 206 (48.6%) | 218 (51.4%) |
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Khalbakinsky Nasleg (Халбакинский наслег) |
743 | 362 (48.7%) | 381 (51.3%) |
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Chernyshevsky Nasleg (Чернышевский наслег) |
945 | 471 (49.8%) | 474 (50.2%) |
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Chochunsky Nasleg (Чочунский наслег) |
868 | 444 (51.2%) | 424 (48.8%) | |
Yugyulyatsky Nasleg (Югюлятский наслег) |
619 | 324 (52.3%) | 295 (47.7%) |
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Divisional source:[14]
Population source:[4]
*Administrative centers are shown in bold