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Bulunsky District

Bulunsky District
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en_nameBulunsky District
ru_nameБулунский улус
loc_name1Булуҥ улууhа
loc_lang1Yakut
image_map
map_captionLocation of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic
image_viewКруиз Якутск - Ленские столбы - Тикси - Якутск, 2017 (293).jpg
image_captionCape Krest-Tumsa in the Lena River delta, a protected area of Russia in Bulunsky District
coordinates
federal_subjectSakha Republic
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adm_ctr_nameTiksi
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urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_typeSettlements
no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance1
selsoviet_type1Rural okrugs
no_of_selsoviets_type18
no_of_urban-type_settlements1
no_of_rural_localities9
counts_ref
mun_formation1Bulunsky Municipal District
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mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements1
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements6
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km2223600
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census9054
urban_pop_2010census55.9%
rural_pop_2010census44.1%
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established_dateDecember 10, 1930
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Bulunsky District (; , Buluŋ uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is the most northerly district of the republic, and includes the offshore New Siberian Islands. Bulunsky borders Ust-Yansky District in the east, Verkhoyansky District in the southeast, Eveno-Bytantaysky and Zhigansky Districts in the south, Olenyoksky District in the west, and Anabarsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 223600 km2. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Tiksi. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,054, with the population of Tiksi accounting for 55.9% of that number.

Geography

The district is washed by the Laptev Sea in the north. The main river in the district is the Lena, with its tributaries Eyekit, Molodo and Syungyude. Other rivers include the Olenyok, with the Khorbusuonka and the Kyuyutingde, as well as the Omoloy and the Khara-Ulakh. There are many lakes in the Lena River delta. The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve is located in the district.

Climate

Average January temperature varies from -32 C on the coast to -40 C in the interior and average July temperature varies from +4 C in the north to +14 C in the south. Average precipitation ranges from 150 to in the north and from 250 to in the south.

History

The district was established on December 10, 1930. Initially, its administrative center was in the selo of Kyusyur. In 1957, the administrative center was moved to Tiksi.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bulunsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Tiksi) and eight rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise nine rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bulunsky Municipal District. The Settlement of Tiksi is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the eight rural okrugs are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Tiksi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Settlements/Urban settlementsPopulationInhabited localities in jurisdictionRural okrugs/Rural settlementsPopulationRural localities in jurisdiction*
Tiksi
(Тикси)2,756
Borogonsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement
(Борогонский)526
Bulunsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement
(Булунский)1,345
Bykovsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement
(Быковский)517
Siktyakhsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement
(Сиктяхский)287
Tumatsky Rural Okrug
(Туматский)10
Tyumyetinsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement
(Тюметинский)757
Khara-Ulakhsky Rural Okrug/Rural Settlement
(Хара-Улахский)522
Ystannakhsky Rural Okrug
(Ыстаннахский)27
*Administrative centers are shown in '''bold'''}}

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on reindeer husbandry and fishing. Tiksi is a sea port on the Northern Sea Route.

Demographics

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

  • Russians: 28.8%
  • Evenks: 27.4%
  • Yakuts: 24.6%
  • Evens: 13.4%
  • Ukrainians: 1.2%
  • Kyrgyz: 0.6%
  • others: 4.0%

References

Notes

Sources

  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Bulunsky District.

References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
  2. {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
  3. {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
  4. Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
  5. Law #172-Z #351-III
  6. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  7. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  8. [[Google Earth]]
  9. Law #173-Z #354-III
  10. "Национальный состав населения". [[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia).
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