Namsky District

Namsky District (Russian: На́мский улу́с; Yakut: Нам улууһа, Nam uluuha) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. The district is located in the center of the republic and borders Ust-Aldansky District in the east, Megino-Kangalassky District in the southeast, the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the south, Gorny District in the west, and Kobyaysky District in the north. The area of the district is 11,900 square kilometers (4,600 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Namtsy.^[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,198, with the population of Namtsy accounting for 38.3% of that number.^[3]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	14,787	—
1979	15,508	+4.9%
1989	18,244	+17.6%
2002	21,454	+17.6%
2010	23,198	+8.1%
2021	25,142	+8.4%
Source: Census data

Namsky District Намский улус
District
Other transcription(s)
• Yakut	Нам улууhа
Ensieli Valley in Namsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Namsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 58°40′N 125°21′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Established	February 10, 1930[2]
Administrative center	Namtsy[2]
Area [2]
• Total	11,900 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	23,198
• Density	1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	18 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	24 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Namsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [6])
OKTMO ID	98635000
Website	https://mr-namskij.sakha.gov.ru

Geography

The landscape of the district is the flat territory of the Central Yakutian Lowland. The main river is the Lena with its tributaries, such as the Kenkeme and Khanchaly.^[7]

Climate

Average January temperature is −42 °C (−44 °F) and average July temperature is +17–+18 °C (63–64 °F).^[8] Average annual precipitation is 200–250 millimeters (7.9–9.8 in).^[8]

History

The district was established on February 10, 1930.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Namsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic.^[1] It is divided into eighteen rural okrugs (naslegs), which comprise twenty-three rural localities; as well as the selo of Grafsky Bereg, which is not a part of any rural okrug.^[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Namsky Municipal District.^[4] The eighteen rural okrugs and the selo of Grafsky Bereg are incorporated into nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district.^[5] The selo of Namtsy serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[2] and municipal^[4] district.

Inhabited localities

Administrative^[2]/municipal^[5] composition

Rural okrugs/Rural settlements	Population[3]	Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Arbynsky (Арбынский)	268	selo of Sygynnakh
Betyunsky (Бетюнский)	608	selo of Byutyay-Yurdya
Yedeysky (Едейский)	1,219	selo of Ymyyakhtakh
Iskrovsky (Искровский)	202	selo of Kyureng-At
Kebekyonsky (Кебекёнский)	544	selo of Kharyyalakh
Lensky (Ленский)	8,890	selo of Namtsy (administrative center of the district)
Modutsky (Модутский)	986	selo of Tumul
Nikolsky (Никольский)	427	selo of Nikolsky
Partizansky (Партизанский)	937	selo of Partizan
Salbansky (Салбанский)	345	selo of Khongor-Biye
Tastakhsky (Тастахский)	273	selo of Yergyolyokh
Tyubinsky (Тюбинский)	408	selo of Bulus
Frunzensky (Фрунзенский)	155	selo of Frunze
Khamagattinsky (Хамагаттинский)	1,727	selo of Krest-Kytyl
Khatyn-Arinsky/Khatyn-Arynsky (Хатын-Аринский/Хатын-Арынский)	2,654	selo of Appany selo of Kysyl-Derevnya
Khatyryksky (Хатырыкский)	1,084	selo of Stolby selo of Maymaga (municipally, a part of Maymaga Rural Settlement)
Khomustakhsky 1-y (Хомустахский 1-й)	1,502	selo of Kysyl-Syr
Khomustakhsky 2-y (Хомустахский 2-й)	812	selo of Khatas selo of Voin selo of Taragay-Byas selo of Yuner-Olokh
Rural localities which are not a part of a rural okrug	Population[9]	Rural localities
	904	selo of Grafsky Bereg (municipally, a part of Khatyn-Arynsky Rural Settlement)

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Demographics

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:^[10]

• Yakuts: 94.9%
• Russians: 2.2%
• Evenks: 1.7%
• others: 1.2%

Notable people

• Aita Shaposhnikova, poet^[11]

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. Law #172-Z #351-III
5. Law #173-Z #354-III
6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
7. Google Earth
8. Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Namsky District (in Russian)
9. Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
10. "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
11. "Писатели Якутии - Аита Шапошникова". pnbglaz.narod.ru. Retrieved August 16, 2019.

Sources

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Namsky 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.).