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 (

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, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic,

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. The district is located in the center of the republic and borders

Ust-Aldansky District Ust-Aldansky District (russian: Усть-Алда́нский улу́с; sah, Уус-Алдан улууһа, ''Uus-Aldan uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or '' ...

in the east,

Megino-Kangalassky District Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...

in the southeast, 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 ...

in the south,

Gorny District 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 (raion, or ''ulus''), one of ...

in the west, and Kobyaysky District in the north. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its

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(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.

Geography

The landscape of the district is the flat territory of the

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. The main river is the

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with its

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, such as the

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and Khanchaly. Google Earth

Climate

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Average annual

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is .

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.Law #173-Z #354-III The ''selo'' of Namtsy serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Demographics

A bulk of the district's population are

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(96.7%);

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account for about 2% and others ethnicities—for 1.3%.

Notable people

* Aita Shaposhnikova, poet

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Namsky District
* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic States and territories established in 1930