Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrative
[Constitution of the Sakha Republic] and municipal
[Law #172-Z #351-III] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
, or ''ulus''), one of the
thirty-four in the
Sakha Republic,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the republic in the
Yana River
The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; sah, Дьааҥы, ''Caañı'') is a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east.
Course
It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Including its longes ...
delta on the coast of the
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, t ...
and borders with
Allaikhovsky and
Abyysky Districts in the east,
Momsky District
Momsky District (russian: Момский улу́с; sah, Муома улууһа, ''Muoma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of ...
in the south,
Verkhoyansky District
Verkhoyansky District (russian: Верхоя́нский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы улууһа, ''Üöhee Djaangy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, ...
in the southwest, and 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 west. The area of the district is .
[Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic] Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
urban locality (a
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
) of
Deputatsky.
Population: 10,009 (
2002 Census);
The population of Deputatsky accounts for 37.0% of the district's total population.
Geography
The main rivers in the district include the
Yana
Yana may refer to:
Locations
*Yana, Burma, a village in Hkamti Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma
*Yana, India, a village in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India
* Yana, Nigeria, an administrative ca ...
, the
Omoloy
The Omoloy (russian: Омолой sah, Омолой) is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) ad ...
with the
Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur
The Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur (russian: Улахан-Кюэгюлюр; sah, Улахан Күөгүлүүр, ''Ulaxan Küögülüür'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a l ...
, the
Sellyakh, as well as the
Chondon with its tributary the
Nuchcha. The
Kyundyulyun
The Kyundyulyun ( rus, Кюндюлюн or Горы Кюндюлюн; sah, Күндүлүн) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airport is Ust-Kuyga Airport, located in Ust-Yansky Distr ...
, northernmost spur of the
Chersky Range
The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magadan ...
, rises north of
Ust-Kuyga
Ust-Kuyga (russian: Усть-Куйга́; sah, Уус Куйга, translit=Uus Kuyga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Yansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions o ...
. There are numerous lakes in the district.
Orotko is one of the largest.
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Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from .[Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring]
Ust-Yansky District
Annual precipitation
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ranges from in the north to in the south.
History
The district was established on January 5, 1967.
Demographics
As of the 1989 Census, the district had a population of 41,265 inhabitants, with an ethnic composition as follows:Russians
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: 58.7%
*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 ...
: 8.7%
*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 ...
: 2.2%
*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 ...
: 0.1%
*other ethnicities: 30.3%
However, a great deal of the ethnic Russian population left with the economic downturn following the collapse of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, so much so that the district lost over three-quarters of its population during the 1990s.
In the 2010 census, the indigenous Yakuts again formed a majority of inhabitants, with the total population now just 8,262. In that year, the ethnic composition of the district was:
*Yakuts: 43.1%
*Russians: 27.2%
*Evens: 16.7%
*Ukrainians
Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...
: 5.7%
*Yukaghirs
The Yukaghirs, or Yukagirs ( (), russian: юкаги́ры) are a Siberian ethnic group people in the Russian Far East, living in the basin of the Kolyma River.
Geographic distribution
The Tundra Yukaghirs live in the Lower Kolyma region ...
: 1.2%
*other ethnicities: 6.1%
Economy
The main industries are gold mining
Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface, ...
, reindeer
Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 sub ...
herding, fishing, and fur trade. There are deposits of gold, tin, tungsten, mercury, lead, zinc, and brown coal.
Inhabited localities
Divisional source:Ust-Yansky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Легенды северного края. Шаман Байдарым. (Legends of Baydarym, a famous Ust-Yansky shaman)
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Districts of the Sakha Republic
Laptev Sea