Megino-Kangalassky District

Megino-Kangalassky District
Мегино-Кангаласский улус (Russian)
Мэҥэ Хаҥалас улууһа (Sakha)

Location of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 61°57′36″N 129°54′36″E / 61.96000°N 129.91000°E / 61.96000; 129.91000Coordinates: 61°57′36″N 129°54′36″E / 61.96000°N 129.91000°E / 61.96000; 129.91000
Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of June 2009)
Administrative center selo of Mayya[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Settlements 1
Rural okrugs 29
Inhabited localities:[2]
Urban-type settlements[3] 1
Rural localities 35
Municipal structure (as of December 2008)
Municipally incorporated as Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[5]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 30
Statistics
Area (June 2009) 11,700 km2 (4,500 sq mi)[2]
Population (2010 Census) 31,278 inhabitants[6]
 Urban 11.2%
 Rural 88.8%
Density 2.67/km2 (6.9/sq mi)[7]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[8]
Established 1930
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Megino-Kangalassky District (Russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; Yakut: Мэҥэ Хаҥалас улууһа, Meñe Xañalas uluuha, IPA: [meŋe xaŋalas uluːha]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the central part of the republic, on the Lena River opposite Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. It borders with Ust-Aldansky District in the north, Churapchinsky District in the east, Amginsky District in the southeast, Khangalassky District in the southwest, and is bounded by the Lena River in the west. The area of the district is 11,700 square kilometers (4,500 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Mayya.[2] Population: 31,278(2010 Census);[6] 32,288 (2002 Census);[9] 31,623(1989 Census).[10] The population of Mayya accounts for 23.3% of the district's total population.[6]

History

The district was created in 1930 through the merger of Meginsky and Vostochno-Kangalassky Districts.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Megino-Kangalassky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic.[1] The selo of Mayya serves as its administrative center.[2]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District, the administrative center of which is the settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh.[4]

Demographics

The population of the district is predominantly made up of ethnic Yakuts, who represented 91% of the inhabitants in the 2002 Census. Russians accounted for a further 6.4% of the population, with smaller numbers of Ukrainians and Evenks.

Inhabited localities

Municipal composition
Urban settlements Population Male Female Inhabited localities in jurisdiction
Nizhny Bestyakh
(Нижний Бестях)
3,518 1,819 (51.7%) 1,699 (48.3%)
Rural settlements Population Male Female Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Altansky
(Алтанский)
502 257 (51.2%) 245 (48.8%)
Arangassky
(Арангасский)
353 183 (51.8%) 170 (48.2%)
Batarinsky
(Батаринский)
502 253 (50.4%) 249 (49.6%)
Bedeminsky
(Бедеминский)
541 275 (50.8%) 266 (49.2%)
Byuteydyakhsky
(Бютейдяхский)
703 366 (52.1%) 337 (47.9%)
Dogdoginsky
(Догдогинский)
364 180 (49.5%) 184 (50.5%)
Doydunsky
(Дойдунский)
132 69 (52.3%) 63 (47.7%)
Dollunsky
(Доллунский)
578 276 (47.8%) 302 (52.2%)
Zhabylsky
(Жабыльский)
718 345 (48.1%) 373 (51.9%)
Zhankhadinsky
(Жанхадинский)
1,185 562 (47.4%) 623 (52.6%)
Meginsky
(Мегинский)
883 438 (49.6%) 445 (50.4%)
Megyuryonsky
(Мегюрёнский)
497 255 (51.3%) 242 (48.7%)
Meldekhsinsky
(Мелдехсинский)
505 252 (49.9%) 253 (50.1%)
Moruksky
(Морукский)
426 216 (50.7%) 210 (49.3%)
Nakharinsky 1-y
(Нахаринский 1-й)
534 251 (47.0%) 283 (53.0%)
Nakharinsky 2-y
(Нахаринский 2-й)
622 315 (50.6%) 307 (49.4%)
Nyeryuktyayinsky
(Нерюктяйинский)
2,022 1,012 (50.0%) 1,010 (50.0%)
Rassolodinsky
(Рассолодинский)
472 227 (48.1%) 245 (51.9%)
Taragaysky
(Тарагайский)
892 443 (49.7%) 449 (50.3%)
Tomtorsky
(Томторский)
430 204 (47.4%) 226 (52.6%)
Tyllyminsky 1-y
(Тыллыминский 1-й)
701 336 (47.9%) 365 (52.1%)
Tyllyminsky 2-y
(Тыллыминский 2-й)
118 52 (44.1%) 66 (55.9%)
Tyungyulyunsky
(Тюнгюлюнский)
2,308 1,129 (48.9%) 1,179 (51.1%)
Khaptagaysky
(Хаптагайский)
1,004 499 (49.7%) 505 (50.3%)
Kharansky
(Харанский)
1,139 520 (45.7%) 619 (54.3%)
Khodorinsky
(Ходоринский)
611 285 (46.6%) 326 (53.4%)
Kholguminsky
(Холгуминский)
295 150 (51.0%) 144 (49.0%)
Khorobutsky
(Хоробутский)
1,002 494 (49.3%) 508 (50.7%)
Chyamayykinsky
(Чыамайыкинский)
434 222 (51.2%) 212 (49.8%)
Villages Population Male Female Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Mayya
(Майя)
7,288 3,385 (46.4%) 3,903 (53.6%)

Divisional source:[11]
Population source:[6]
*Administrative centers are shown in bold

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Constitution of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. 1 2 3 Law #172-Z #351-III
  5. Law #173-Z #354-III
  6. 1 2 3 4 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  8. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  9. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  11. Megino-Kangalassky Ulus (Raion) Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Official website of the Sakha Republic

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