Megino-Kangalassky District

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Megino-Kangalassky District
Мегино-Кангаласский улус
District
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 • YakutМэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа
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Grazing livestock near the selo of Mayya in Megino-Kangalassky District
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Megino-Kangalassky District
Location of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 61°58′N129°55′E / 61.967°N 129.917°E / 61.967; 129.917
CountryRussia
Federal subject Sakha Republic [1]
EstablishedFebruary 10, 1930 [2]
Administrative center Mayya [2]
Area
[2]
 • Total
11,700 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census) [3]
 • Total
31,278
 • Density2.7/km2 (6.9/sq mi)
 •  Urban
11.2%
 •  Rural
88.8%
Administrative structure
 •  Administrative divisions 1 Settlements, 29 Rural okrugs
 •  Inhabited localities [2] 1 urban-type settlements [4] , 35 rural localities
Municipal structure
 •  Municipally incorporated asMegino-Kangalassky Municipal District [5]
 •  Municipal divisions [6] 1 urban settlements, 30 rural settlements
Time zone UTC+9 (MSK+6   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg [7] )
OKTMO ID98629000
Website https://mr-megino-kangalasskij.sakha.gov.ru

Megino-Kangalassky District (Russian : Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; Yakut : Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, Meŋe Xaŋalas uluuha, [meŋexaŋalasuluːha] ) is an administrative [1] and municipal [5] 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. 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] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,278, with the population of Mayya accounting for 23,.3% of that number. [3]

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
197025,210—    
197927,636+9.6%
198931,623+14.4%
200232,288+2.1%
201031,278−3.1%
202133,298+6.5%
Source: Census data

Geography

The district borders 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 main rivers are the Tamma, Myla and Suola. [8] The famous Mount Suullar Myraan is located in the district, by the Suola River bank. [9]

History

The district was established on February 10, 1930 [2] through the merger of Meginsky and Vostochno-Kangalassky Districts.[ citation needed ]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Megino-Kangalassky 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 Nizhny Bestyakh) and twenty-nine rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise thirty-five rural localities. [2] The selo of Mayya serves as its administrative center. [2]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District. [5] The Settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the twenty-nine rural okrugs are incorporated into thirty rural settlements within the municipal district. [6] The urban-type settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh serves as the administrative center of the municipal district. [5]

Inhabited localities

Administrative [2] /municipal [6] composition
Settlements/Urban settlementsPopulation [3] Inhabited localities in jurisdiction
Nizhny Bestyakh
(Нижний Бестях)		3,518
Rural okrugs/Rural settlementsPopulation [3] Rural localities in administrative jurisdiction*
Altansky
(Алтанский)		502
Arangassky
(Арангасский)		353
Batarinsky
(Батаринский)		502
Bedeminsky
(Бедеминский)		541
Byuteydyakhsky
(Бютейдяхский)		703
Dogdoginsky
(Догдогинский)		364
Doydunsky
(Дойдунский)		132
Dollunsky
(Доллунский)		578
Zhabylsky
(Жабыльский)		718
Zhankhadinsky
(Жанхадинский)		1,185
Meginsky
(Мегинский)		883
Megyuryonsky
(Мегюрёнский)		497
  • selo of Matta
  • selo of Kerdyugen
    (municipally, a part of Doydunsky Rural Settlement)
Meldekhsinsky
(Мелдехсинский)		505
Moruksky
(Морукский)		426
Nakharinsky 1-y
(Нахаринский 1-й)		534
Nakharinsky 2-y
(Нахаринский 2-й)		622
Neryuktyayinsky
(Нерюктяйинский)		2,022
Rassolodinsky
(Рассолодинский)		472
Taragaysky
(Тарагайский)		892
Tomtorsky
(Томторский)		430
Tyllyminsky 1-y
(Тыллыминский 1-й)		701
Tyllyminsky 2-y
(Тыллыминский 2-й)		118
Tyungyulyunsky
(Тюнгюлюнский)		2,308
Khaptagaysky
(Хаптагайский)		1,004
Kharansky
(Харанский)		1,139
Khodorinsky
(Ходоринский)		611
Kholguminsky
(Холгуминский)		295
Khorobutsky
(Хоробутский)		1,002
Chyamayykinsky
(Чыамайыкинский)		434
Rural localities which are not a part of a settlement or a rural okrugPopulationRural localities
7,288
  • selo of Mayya (administrative center of the administrative district)
    (municipally, a part of Mayya Rural Settlement)

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Demographics

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: [10]

See also

Related Research Articles

Tyokhtyur is a rural locality, the administrative centre of and one of two settlements, in addition to Bedzhelek, in Zhankhadinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 59 kilometers (37 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 1,269.

Khaptagay is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 36 kilometers (22 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district, at the confluence of the Myla and Lena Rivers, near the mouth of the Tamma in the Lena, on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,004; down from 1,014 recorded in the 2002 Census.

Tarat is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Arangassky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 69 kilometers (43 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 353, of whom 183 were male and 170 female, down from 381 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Symakh is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Batarinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 65 kilometers (40 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 502, of whom 253 were male and 249 female, down from 522 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Bedemyo is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Bedeminsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 592, of whom 275 were male and 266 female, the same as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Byuteydyakh is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Byuteydyakhsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 72 kilometers (45 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 703, of whom 366 were male and 337 female, down from 871 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Tumul is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Dollunsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 67 kilometers (42 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 578, down from 660 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Nuoragana is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Zhabylsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 76 kilometers (47 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 718, down from 773 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Suola is a rural locality and the administrative center of Meldekhsinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 28 kilometers (17 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 505; down from 515 recorded in the 2002 Census.

Suola is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Moruksky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 50 kilometers (31 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 426, of whom 216 were male and 210 female, down from 514 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Teligi is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Nakharinsky 1-y Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 69 kilometers (43 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 534, of whom 251 were male and 283 female, down from 585 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Rassoloda is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Rassolodinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 47 kilometers (29 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 472, down from 566 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Tomtor is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Tomtorsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 430, of whom 204 were male and 226 female, down from 452 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Tyungyulyu is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Tyungyulyunsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 64 kilometers (40 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 2,308, of whom 1,129 were male and 1,179 female, up from 2,280 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

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Petrovka is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Kharansky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 35 kilometers (22 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,139, of whom 520 were male and 619 female, up from 1,068 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Darkylakh is a rural locality, the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Chyamayykinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 122 kilometers (76 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 434, of whom 222 were male and 212 female, down from 486 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

Matta is a rural locality, the administrative centre of and one of two settlements, in addition to Kerdyugen, in Megyuryonsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 85 kilometers (53 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 511.

Pavlovsk is a rural locality, the administrative centre of and one of two settlements, in addition to Khomustakh, in Nyeryuktyayinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 44 kilometers (27 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 2,091.

Khomustakh is a rural locality in Neryuktyayinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district and 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) from Pavlovsk, the administrative center of the rural okrug. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 34.

Kharba-Atakh is a rural locality in Khorobutsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district and 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from Khorobut, the administrative center of the rural okrug. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 20.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Law #172-Z #351-III
  6. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z #354-III
  7. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Топографска карта P-51,52; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)" . Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ Suola River
  10. ↑ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service . Retrieved June 17, 2023.

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