Verkhnevilyuysky District
Verkhnevilyuysky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Vilyuysky District in the east, Gorny District in the southeast, Olyokminsky District in the south, Suntarsky and Nyurbinsky Districts in the west, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Verkhnevilyuysk. Population: 21,383 ; The population of Verkhnevilyuysk accounts for 29.8% of the district's total population.
Geography
The main rivers in the district include the Vilyuy, the Tyukyan, and the Tyung.Climate
Average January temperature ranges from in the south to in the north and average July temperature ranges from to. Annual precipitation is.History
The district was established on February 10, 1935.Demographics
As of the 1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:- Yakuts: 94.5%
- Russians: 3%
- Evenks: 0.3%
- Evens: 0.2%
- other ethnicities: 2%
Economy
Inhabited localities
Rural settlements | Population | Male | Female | Rural localities in jurisdiction* |
Balagannakhsky Nasleg | 335 | 169 | 166 |
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Botulunsky Nasleg | 917 | 461 | 456 | |
Byrakansky Nasleg | 254 | 128 | 126 | |
Verkhnevilyuysky Nasleg | 6,457 | 3,015 | 3,442 | |
Dalyrsky Nasleg | 1,002 | 505 | 497 | |
Dyullyukinsky Nasleg | 1,259 | 611 | 648 | |
Edyugeysky Nasleg | 2,309 | 1,153 | 1,156 | |
Kentinsky Nasleg | 780 | 396 | 384 | |
Kyrykyysky Nasleg | 442 | 218 | 228 | |
Magassky Nasleg | 538 | 269 | 269 | |
Meyiksky Nasleg | 685 | 364 | 321 | |
Namsky Nasleg | 1,328 | 623 | 705 | |
Onkhoysky Nasleg | 620 | 315 | 305 | |
Orgyotsky Nasleg | 579 | 277 | 302 | |
Orosunsky Nasleg | 730 | 344 | 386 | |
Surguluksky Nasleg | 460 | 237 | 223 | |
Tamalkansky Nasleg | 643 | 316 | 327 | |
Tuobuyinsky Nasleg | 338 | 175 | 163 | |
Kharbalakhsky Nasleg | 548 | 272 | 276 | |
Khomustakhsky Nasleg | 216 | 112 | 104 | |
Khorinsky Nasleg | 1,221 | 607 | 614 |
- Administrative centers are shown in bold