Lensky District, Sakha Republic

For other places with the same name, see Lensky District.

Lensky District Ленский улус
District
Other transcription(s)
• Sakha	Лиэнскэй улууһа
Khapchagay Rock in Lensky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lensky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 60°43′N 114°55′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Established	January 30, 1930[2]
Administrative center	Lensk[2]
Area [2]
• Total	77,000 km^2 (30,000 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	39,765
• Density	0.52/km^2 (1.3/sq mi)
• Urban	87.0%
• Rural	13.0%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns, 2 Settlements, 8 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	1 cities/towns, 2 Urban-type settlements[4], 16 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Lensky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[6]	3 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [7])
OKTMO ID	98627000

Lensky District (Russian: Ле́нский улу́с; Yakut: Лиэнскэй улууһа, Lienskey uluuha) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic and borders Mirninsky District in the north, Suntarsky District in the northeast, Olyokminsky District in the east, and Irkutsk Oblast in the south and west. The area of the district is 77,000 square kilometers (30,000 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Lensk.^[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 39,765, with the population of Lensk accounting for 62.8% of that number.^[3]

Geography

The main river in the district is the Lena with its tributaries the Vitim, Peleduy, Derba and Nyuya.

Climate

Average January temperature is −32 °C (−26 °F) and average July temperature is +16–17 °C (61–63 °F).^[8] Annual precipitation is 300–400 millimeters (12–16 in).^[8]

History

The district was established on January 30, 1930.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lensky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic.^[1] It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (inhabited locality) of Lensk), two settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Peleduy and Vitim), and eight rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise sixteen rural localities.^[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Lensky Municipal District.^[5] Within the municipal district, the Town of Lensk is incorporated into Lensk Urban Settlement, the two settlements are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the eight rural okrugs are incorporated into eight rural settlements.^[6] The town of Lensk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[2] and municipal^[5] district.

Inhabited localities

Administrative^[2]/municipal^[6] composition

Towns/Urban settlements	Population[3]	Inhabited localities in jurisdiction
Lensk (Ленск)	24,966	Town of Lensk (administrative center of the district)
Settlements/Urban settlements	Population[3]	Inhabited localities in jurisdiction
Vitim (Витим)	4,376	Urban-type settlement of Vitim
Peleduy (Пеледуй)	5,262	Urban-type settlement of Peleduy selo of Krestovsky lesouchastok
Rural okrugs/Rural settlements	Population[3]	Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Bechenchinsky (Беченчинский)	786	selo of Bechencha
Murbaysky (Мурбайский)	350	selo of Dorozhny selo of Nyuya Severnaya
Natorsky (Наторский)	441	selo of Natora
Nyuysky (Нюйский)	1,544	selo of Nyuya selo of Turukta
Orto-Nakharinsky (Орто-Нахаринский)	689	selo of Orto-Nakhara selo of Chamcha
Saldykelsky (Салдыкельский)	424	selo of Murya selo of Batamay
Tolonsky (Толонский)	426	selo of Tolon selo of Alysardakh selo of Innyaly
Yaroslavsky (Ярославский)	501	selo of Yaroslavsky selo of Khamra

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on timber industry, production of construction materials, and food industry.^[8]

Demographics

Population of Lensky District

2010 Census	39,765[3]
2002 Census	38,669[9]
1989 Census	49,702[10]
1979 Census	40,019[11]

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:^[12]

• Russians: 78.1%
• Yakuts: 12.0%
• Ukrainians: 0.9%
• Kyrgyz: 0.8%
• Buryats: 0.7%
• Tatars: 0.6%
• Tajiks: 0.5%
• other ethnicities: 6.4%

See also

• Lena Plateau

References

Notes

1. Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
2. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
5. Law #172-Z #351-III
6. Law #173-Z #354-III
7. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
8. Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Lensky District (in Russian)
9. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
10. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
11. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
12. "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 17, 2023.

Sources

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Lensky District. (in Russian)
• Верховный Совет Республики Саха (Якутия). 4 апреля 1992 г. «Конституция (основной закон) Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Конституционного закона №1077-З №1035-IV от 8 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Конституцию (основной закон) Республики Саха (Якутия)». Опубликован: "Якутские ведомости", №7, 26 апреля 1992 г. (Supreme Council of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. April 4, 1992 Constitution (Basic Law) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Constitutional Law #1077-Z No. 1035-IV of June 8, 2012 On Amending and Supplementing the Constitution (Basic Law) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. ).
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №172-З №351-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1535-З №597-V от 27 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 1 и 2 Закона Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 On Amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).