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 thirty-four in the Sakha Republic,

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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 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. 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,

Muna Muna may refer to: Places * Muna (Mikulovice), a World War II POW camp and ammunition factory in the Czech Republic * Muna, Estonia, village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia * Muna, Iran, village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Mu ...

, Khoruongka, Nuora (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. Google Earth

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 Eve ...

: 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 th ...

: 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

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