En Name: | Gorny District |
Ru Name: | Горный улус |
Loc Name1: | Горнай улууһа |
Loc Lang1: | Sakha |
Image View: | Бердигестях с высоты птичьего полета.jpg |
Coordinates: | 62.1°N 168°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Gorny rayon (Yakutia).png |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2009 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Berdigestyakh |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 9 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 16 |
Mun Data As Of: | April 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Gorny Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
Area As Of: | June 2009 |
Area Km2: | 45600 |
Pop 2010Census: | 11706 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Established Date: | June 25, 1931 |
Date: | March 2013 |
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Population of Gorny District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 11,706 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 11,422 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 10,034 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 7,977 |
Gorny District (Russian: Го́рный улу́с; Yakut: Горнай улууһа, Gornay uluuha) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Vilyuysky and Kobyaysky Districts in the north, Namsky District and the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the east, Khangalassky District in the south, Olyokminsky District in the southwest, and Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west. The area of the district is 45600km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Berdigestyakh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,706, with the population of Berdigestyakh accounting for 55.2% of that number.
The main rivers in the district are the Sinyaya, Chyna, Kenkeme, Khanchaly, Tyugyuene, Matta and Sitte, all of which are tributaries of the Lena.
Average January temperature ranges from in the west to in the east and average July temperature is 16C17C. Average annual precipitation is 200mm250mm.[4]
The district was established on June 25, 1931.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorny District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. The district is divided into nine rural okrugs (naslegs) which comprise sixteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gorny Municipal District. Its nine rural okrugs are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Berdigestyakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Rural okrugs/Rural settlements | Population | Rural localities in jurisdiction* |
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Atamaysky (Russian: Атамайский) | 673 |
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Berdigestyakhsky (Russian: Бердигестяхский) | 6,472 |
|
Kirovsky (Russian: Кировский) | 633 |
|
Maganinsky (Russian: Маганинский) | 536 |
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Maltaninsky (Russian: Малтанинский) | 671 |
|
Mytakhsky (Russian: Мытахский) | 620 | |
Odununsky (Russian: Одунунский) | 1,016 |
|
Oktyabrsky (Russian: Октябрьский) | 541 |
|
Shologonsky (Russian: Шологонский) | 544 |
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The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:[6]
96.5%
1.0%
0.6%