Gorny District

Gorny District (; , Gornay uluuha) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Vilyuysky and Kobyaysky Districts in the north, Namsky District and the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the east, Khangalassky District in the south, Olyokminsky District in the southwest, and Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Berdigestyakh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,706, with the population of Berdigestyakh accounting for 55.2% of that number.

Geography The main rivers in the district are the Sinyaya, Chyna, Kenkeme, Khanchaly, Tyugyuene, Matta and Sitte, all of which are tributaries of the Lena.

Climate Average January temperature ranges from in the west to in the east and average July temperature is . Average annual precipitation is .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Gorny District

History The district was established on June 25, 1931.

Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorny District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. The district is divided into nine rural okrugs (naslegs) which comprise sixteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gorny Municipal District. Its nine rural okrugs are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #173-Z #354-III The selo of Berdigestyakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities + Administrative/municipal compositionRural okrugs/Rural settlementsPopulationRural localities in jurisdiction*Atamaysky()673selo of Byas-KyuyolBerdigestyakhsky()6,472selo of Berdigestyakh (administrative center of the district) selo of MayKirovsky()633selo of Asyma selo of Chekya-ByasMaganinsky()536selo of Orto-SurtMaltaninsky()671selo of Keptin selo of Tongulakh selo of TysagachchyMytakhsky()620selo of Dikimdya selo of EbyaOdununsky()1,016selo of Magaras selo of Ulu-Sysy selo of KharyyalakhOktyabrsky()541selo of KyuyorelyakhShologonsky()544selo of Yert

Economy The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.

Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Yakuts: 96.5% Evenks: 1.0% Russians: 0.6% others ethnicities: 1.9%

Gorny District

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