Gorny District (russian: Го́рный улу́с; sah, Горнай улууһа, ''Gornay uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (

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, or ''ulus''), one of the

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in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Vilyuysky and

Kobyaysky District Kobyaysky District (russian: Кобяйский улу́с; sah, Кэбээйи улууһа, ''Kebeeyi uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus ...

s in the north,

Namsky District Namsky District (russian: На́мский улу́с; sah, Нам улууһа, ''Nam uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the t ...

and the territory of the city of republic significance of

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...

in the east,

Khangalassky District Khangalassky District (russian: Хангала́сский улу́с; sah, Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Xaŋalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

in the south,

Olyokminsky District Olyokminsky District (russian: Олёкминский улу́с; sah, Өлүөхүмэ улууһа, ''Ölüökhüme uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), ...

in the southwest, and

Verkhnevilyuysky District Verkhnevilyuysky District (russian: Верхневилю́йский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Бүлүү улууһа, ''Üöhee Bülüü uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III distri ...

in the west. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Berdigestyakh Berdigestyakh (russian: Бердигестях; sah, Бэрдьигэстээх, ''Bercigesteex'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Gorny District in the Sak ...

. 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.

Geography

The main rivers in the district are the

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Kenkeme The Kenkeme (russian: Кенкеме; sah, Кэҥкэмэ, ''Keŋkeme'') is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena (river), Lena with a length of — together with the Yagas-Yyaabyt at its head— and a drain ...

Khanchaly The Khanchaly (russian: Ханчалы; sah, Ханчылы, ''Xançılı'') is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows across the Gorny, ...

Tyugyuene The Tyugyuene (russian: Тюгюэне or Тюгене; sah, Түгүөнэ, ''Tügüöne'') is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river marks the borde ...

, Matta and Sitte, all of which are

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of the

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Climate

Average January temperature ranges from in the west to in the east and average July temperature is . Average annual

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is .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Gorny District

History

The district was established on June 25, 1931.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorny District is one of the

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.Law #173-Z #354-III The '' selo'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: *

Yakuts The Yakuts, or the Sakha ( sah, саха, ; , ), are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Evenk Districts ...

: 95.0% *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 1.8% *

Evenks The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym )Autonym: (); russian: Эвенки (); (); formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; mn, Хамниган () or Aiwenji () are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Even ...

: 1.0% *

Evens The Evens ( eve, эвэн; pl. , in Even and , in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the ...

: 0.5% *others ethnicities: 1.7%

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Gorny District
* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic States and territories established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union