Verkhoyansky District (; , ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic 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 northern central part of the republic and borders with Ust-Yansky District in the northeast, Momsky District in the east, Tomponsky District in the south, Kobyaysky District in the southwest, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the west, and with Bulunsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Batagay.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Population: 13,666 (2002 Census); The population of Batagay accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.
Geography The main river in the district is the Yana and its tributaries Nelgese, Derbeke, Tykakh and Baky.
Climate Average January temperature ranges from to and average July temperature ranges from to . Annual precipitation ranges from .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Verkhoyansky District
History The district was established on January 5, 1967.
Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Yakuts: 78.8% Russians: 13.9% Evens: 5.0% Ukrainians: 0.5% other ethnicities: 1.8%
Economy The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, antimony, gold, silver, brown coal, and other minerals.
Inhabited localities + Municipal compositionTownsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionVerkhoyansk()1311611 (46.6%)700 (53.4%)Town of Verkhoyansk Urban settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionBatagay()27561403 (50.9%)1455 (49.1%)urban-type settlement of Batagay (administrative center of the district) selo of Senchatan selo of Ust-CharkyEse-Khayya()239120 (50.2%)119 (49.8%)urban-type settlement of Ese-Khayya Rural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Adychchinsky Nasleg()526248 (47.1%)278 (52.9%)selo of Betenkyos selo of Alysardakh selo of Engya-SayylygaArylakhsky Nasleg()559283 (50.6%)276 (49.4%)selo of Bala selo of MetyakiBabushkinsky Nasleg()373193 (51.7%)180 (48.3%)selo of Boronuk selo of MachakhBarylassky Nasleg()10355 (53.4%)48 (46.6%)selo of BarylasBorulakhsky Nasleg()737383 (52.0%)354 (48.0%)selo of Tomtor selo of TokumaDulgalakhsky Nasleg()326177 (54.3%)149 (45.7%)selo of TomtorSartansky Nasleg()629314 (49.9%)315 (50.1%)selo of Yunkyur selo of Sysy-MeyiteStolbinsky Nasleg()318158 (49.7%)160 (50.3%)selo of StolbySuordakhsky Nasleg()354177 (50.0%)177 (50.0%)selo of SuordakhTabalakhsky Nasleg()1018501 (49.2%)517 (50.8%)selo of Ulakhan-Kyuyol selo of TalaChyoryumchinksy Nasleg()223126 (56.5%)97 (43.5%)selo of Chyoryumche selo of Yurdyuk-KumakhEginsky Nasleg()700336 (48.0%)364 (52.0%)selo of Saydy selo of OsokhtokhElgessky Nasleg()404200 (49.5%)204 (50.5%)selo of KhayysardakhYansky Nasleg()21295 (44.8%)117 (55.2%)selo of Yuttyakh selo of Cholbon Divisional source:Verkhoyansky Ulus (Raion) Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
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