Namsky District

Namsky District
Намский улус (Russian)
District
Other transcription(s)
 • YakutНам улууhа
Ensieli Valley in Namsky District
Ensieli Valley in Namsky District
Flag of Namsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Namsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Namsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 58°40′N 125°21′E / 58.667°N 125.350°E / 58.667; 125.350
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
EstablishedFebruary 10, 1930
Administrative centerNamtsy
Area
 • Total
11,900 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
23,198
 • Density1.95/km2 (5.05/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions18 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities24 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asNamsky Municipal District
 • Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+ ()
OKTMO ID98635000
Websitehttps://mr-namskij.sakha.gov.ru

Namsky District (Russian: На́мский улу́с; Yakut: Нам улууһа, Nam uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. The district is located in the center of the republic and borders Ust-Aldansky District in the east, Megino-Kangalassky District in the southeast, the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the south, Gorny District in the west, and Kobyaysky District in the north. The area of the district is 11,900 square kilometers (4,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Namtsy. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,198, with the population of Namtsy accounting for 38.3% of that number.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
197014,787—    
197915,508+4.9%
198918,244+17.6%
200221,454+17.6%
201023,198+8.1%
202125,142+8.4%
Source: Census data

Geography

The landscape of the district is the flat territory of the Central Yakutian Lowland. The main river is the Lena with its tributaries, such as the Kenkeme and Khanchaly.

Climate

Average January temperature is −42 °C (−44 °F) and average July temperature is +17–+18 °C (63–64 °F). Average annual precipitation is 200–250 millimeters (7.9–9.8 in).

History

The district was established on February 10, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Namsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into eighteen rural okrugs (naslegs), which comprise twenty-three rural localities; as well as the selo of Grafsky Bereg, which is not a part of any rural okrug. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Namsky Municipal District. The eighteen rural okrugs and the selo of Grafsky Bereg are incorporated into nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Namtsy serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Administrative/municipal composition
Rural okrugs/Rural settlements Population Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Arbynsky
(Арбынский)		 268
Betyunsky
(Бетюнский)		 608
Yedeysky
(Едейский)		 1,219
Iskrovsky
(Искровский)		 202
Kebekyonsky
(Кебекёнский)		 544
Lensky
(Ленский)		 8,890
  • selo of Namtsy (administrative center of the district)
Modutsky
(Модутский)		 986
Nikolsky
(Никольский)		 427
Partizansky
(Партизанский)		 937
Salbansky
(Салбанский)		 345
Tastakhsky
(Тастахский)		 273
Tyubinsky
(Тюбинский)		 408
Frunzensky
(Фрунзенский)		 155
Khamagattinsky
(Хамагаттинский)		 1,727
Khatyn-Arinsky/Khatyn-Arynsky
(Хатын-Аринский/Хатын-Арынский)		 2,654
Khatyryksky
(Хатырыкский)		 1,084
Khomustakhsky 1-y
(Хомустахский 1-й)		 1,502
Khomustakhsky 2-y
(Хомустахский 2-й)		 812
Rural localities which are not a part of a rural okrug Population Rural localities
904
  • selo of Grafsky Bereg
    (municipally, a part of Khatyn-Arynsky Rural Settlement)

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Demographics

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

Notable people

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 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. 1 2 3 4 Law #172-Z #351-III
  5. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z #354-III
  6. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ Google Earth
  8. 1 2 Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Namsky District (in Russian)
  9. ↑ Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
  10. ↑ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Писатели Якутии - Аита Шапошникова". pnbglaz.narod.ru. Retrieved August 16, 2019.

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