Zhigansky District (russian: Жига́нский улу́с; sah, Эдьигээн улууһа) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (

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

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in the

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. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with

Bulunsky District Bulunsky District (russian: Булу́нский улу́с; sah, Булуҥ улууһа) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty- ...

in the north,

Eveno-Bytantaysky National District Eveno-Bytantaysky National District (russian: Эве́но-Бытанта́йский национа́льный улу́с; sah, Эбээн-Бытантай улууһа, ''Ebeen-Bıtantay uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha ...

in the east,

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 ...

in the southeast,

Vilyuysky District Vilyuysky District (russian: Вилю́йский улу́с; sah, Бүлүү улууһа, ''Bülüü uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the th ...

in the southwest, and with

Olenyoksky District Olenyoksky District (russian: Оленёкский улу́с; sah, Өлөөн улууһа, ''Ölöön uluuha'', ), or Olenyoksky-Evenki National District, is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III di ...

in the northwest. 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

Zhigansk Zhigansk (russian: Жига́нск; sah, Эдьигээн, ''Ecigeen'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Zhigansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River near where i ...

. Population: 4,312 ( 2002 Census); The population of Zhigansk accounts for 79.6% of the district's total population.

Geography

The main river in the district is the

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. Some of its important tributaries, such as the Menkere,

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Khoruongka The Khoruongka (russian: Хоруонгка, sah, Хоруоҥка, ''Xoruoŋka'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena. Its length is and the area of its basin is . The Khoruongka flows across ...

Nuora The Nuora (russian: Нуора; sah, Нуора) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Tumara, of the Aldan basin, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Nuora flows ...

(Strekalovka) and

Motorchuna The Motorchuna (russian: Моторчуна) 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 . Since its river basin is uninhabited, the Motorchuna is one of the mos ...

, have their mouth in the area of the district. The largest lake is Lake Ulakhan-Kyuyol.

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Climate

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

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ranges from in the west to in the east.Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Zhigansky District

History

The district was established on December 10, 1930.

Demographics

As of the 1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: *

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 ...

: 31.8% *

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 ...

: 30.4% *

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: 28.7% *

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 ...

: 0.8% *other ethnicities: 8.2%

Inhabited localities

Divisional source:Olenyoksy Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

References

Notes

Sources

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