Abyysky District (russian: Абы́йский улу́с; sah, Абый улууһа, ''Abyy 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 north of the republic around the

Indigirka River The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The is ...

and borders with

Allaikhovsky District Allaikhovsky District (russian: Алла́иховский улу́с; sah, Аллайыаха улууһа, ''Allayyakha uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district ...

in the north,

Srednekolymsky District Srednekolymsky District (russian: Среднеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Орто Халыма улууһа, ''Orto Khalyma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (ra ...

in the east,

Verkhnekolymsky District Verkhnekolymsky District (russian: Верхнеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Халыма улууһа, ''Üöhee Khalyma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III distri ...

in the southeast,

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, and with

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), o ...

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 urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) of Belaya Gora. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 4,425, with the population of Belaya Gora accounting for 50.7% of that number.

Geography

The

and its tributary

Uyandina The Uyandina (russian: Уяндина; sah, Уйаандьы, translit=Uyaancı) is a river in Yakutia, Russia, a tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the Uyandina is . The area of its drainage basin is . Course The river is formed by the ...

, with the Khatyngnakh, are the main watercourses flowing through the district. The Indigirka is navigable and provides a link to the

Kolyma Bay The Kolyma Bay (russian: Колымская Губа; Kolymskaya Guba) is one of the main gulfs of the East Siberian Sea. The bay gets its name from the Kolyma Lowlands, whose coastline forms the whole eastern half of this bay. The Kolyma Lowland ...

on the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea ( rus, Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре, r=Vostochno-Sibirskoye more) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New Si ...

to the north. The

Aby Lowland The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the t ...

with up to 15,000 lakes, including

Lake Ozhogino Lake Ozhogino (; sah, Одьуогун Күөл, translit=Ocuogun Küöl) is a large shallow freshwater lake in Sakha, Russia. It has an area of 157 km². It freezes up in late September and stays icebound until June. Ozhogin River ( Indig ...

, the largest and fifth largest lake in the Sakha Republic, as well as

Lake Suturuokha Lake Suturuokha () is a freshwater lake in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It lies in the middle course area of the Indigirka River, to the west of it. Administratively the lake is part of Aby District ''(Aby Ulus)'' Geography The lake is located in ...

, is located in the district.Visit Yakutia - Suturuokha Lake
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Climate

Average January temperature is and average July temperature is . Average annual

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is .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Abyysky District

History

The district was established on May 25, 1930. Initially, its

was in the '' selo'' of

Abyy Abyy (russian: Абый; sah, Абый) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Abyysky Rural Okrug of Abyysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Belaya Gora, the administrative center of the distric ...

, but on January 10, 1941 it was moved to

Druzhina In the medieval history of Kievan Rus' and Early Poland, a druzhina, drużyna, or družyna ( Slovak and cz, družina; pl, drużyna; ; , ''druzhýna'' literally a "fellowship") was a retinue in service of a Slavic chieftain, also called ''knyaz ...

. On October 4, 1974, it was moved again, this time to Belaya Gora.

Administrative and municipal status

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

in the republic. It is divided into one

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 ...

(an administrative division with the

in the

(inhabited locality) of Belaya Gora) and five rural okrugs (''naslegs''), all of which comprise six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Abyysky Municipal District. The Settlement of Belaya Gora is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the five rural okrugs are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #173-Z #354-III The urban-type settlement of Belaya Gora serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Demographics

As of the 2010 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 ...

: 80.1% *

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

: 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 the ...

: 7.9% *

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 ...

: 1.2% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...

: 0.5% *others: 1.6%

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Abyysky District
* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic