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Megino-Kangalassky District

Field	Value
en_name	Megino-Kangalassky District
ru_name	Мегино-Кангаласский улус
loc_name1	Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа
loc_lang1	Yakut
image_map
map_caption	Location of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic
image_view	307 Вид на алас Малый Улу-Сысы.jpg
image_caption	Grazing livestock near the selo of Mayya in Megino-Kangalassky District
coordinates
image_flag	Flag of Megino-Kangalassky rayon (Yakutia).png
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Megino-Kangalassky rayon (Yakutia).png
federal_subject	Sakha Republic
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_name	Mayya
adm_ctr_ref
urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type	Settlements
no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance	1
selsoviet_type1	Rural okrugs
no_of_selsoviets_type1	29
no_of_urban-type_settlements	1
no_of_rural_localities	35
counts_ref
mun_formation1	Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements	1
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements	30
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km2	11700
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census	31278
urban_pop_2010census	11.2%
rural_pop_2010census	88.8%
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	February 10, 1930
established_date_ref
website	https://mr-megino-kangalasskij.sakha.gov.ru

|urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=1 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=1 Megino-Kangalassky District (; , Meŋe Xaŋalas uluuha, ) is an administrative and municipal 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 11700 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Mayya. 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.

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. The famous Mount Suullar Myraan is located in the district, by the Suola River bank.

History

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

Administrative and municipal status

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

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District. 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. The urban-type settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh serves as the administrative center of the municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Settlements/Urban settlements	Population	Inhabited localities in jurisdiction	Rural okrugs/Rural settlements	Population	Rural localities in administrative jurisdiction*	Rural localities which are not a part of a settlement or a rural okrug	Population	Rural localities
Nizhny Bestyakh
(Нижний Бестях)	3,518
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
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
	7,288

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Demographics

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

Yakuts: 91.4%
Russians: 4.8%
Evenks: 0.8%
Uzbeks: 0.5%
others: 2.5%

References

Notes

Sources

Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Megino-Kangalassky District.

References

Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
Law #172-Z #351-III
Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
{{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
"Топографска карта P-51,52; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)".
[https://goru.travel/place/reka-suola Suola River]
Law #173-Z #354-III
"Национальный состав населения". [[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia).

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