Abyjski ulus

Federal district	far East
republic	Sakha (Yakutia)
Administrative center	Belaya Gora ; (urban-type settlement)
surface	69,434.51 km²
population	4,425 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	0.06 inhabitants / km²
Boroughs	1
Cities / SsT	0/1
Rural communities / villages	5/6
Time zone	UTC + 11
Telephone code	(+7) 41159
Postcodes	678880-678899
License Plate	14th
OKATO	98 201
OKTMO	98 601
Geographical location of the administrative center
Coordinates	68 ° 32 ' N , 146 ° 11' E Coordinates: 68 ° 32 ' N , 146 ° 11' E
	Belaya Gora
	Belaya Gora
	Abyjski ulus: Situation in the Sakha Republic
	Sakha Republic (Yakutia) within Russia

The Abyjski ulus ( Russian Абы́йский улу́с , also Абыйский район , Abyjski rajon; Yakut Абый улууһа , Abyj uluuha ) is one of the 34 uluses ( Rajons ) of the Sakha Republic of the Eastern Russian Federation in the north of the Russian Federation .

geography

It is located in the north of the republic inland north of the continental divide and the Arctic Circle between the Jana and Kolyma rivers . It borders north on Allaichowski ulus and south on Momski ulus . Abyjski ulus is traversed from southwest to northeast by the more than 1700 km long Indigirka , which rises far south in Oimjakonski ulus . The administrative seat of Belaja Gora (Yakut, Ürüng Chaja) is also located on its right bank .

The Ulus has an area of around 69,400 km², almost as large as the German state of Bavaria .

In the north the terrain is flat except for a few hills, in the south-east it is hilly to mountainous. The vegetation consists mainly of tundra , some areas are cold desert . In the southeast there are islands of taiga on mountain slopes .

Demographics

The population almost doubled between 1959 and 1989, but has now decreased by more than a quarter:

1939-2984

1959-3169

1970-3691

1989 - 6228

2002 - 4750

2010 - 4425

The population consists largely of members of indigenous ethnic groups :

Ethnicity	2002		2010
Ethnicity	people	%	people	%
Yakuts	3842	80.88	3541	80.08
Ewenen	221	4.65	348	8.73
Evenks	58	1.22	53	1.20
Jukagiren	55	1.16	12	0.27
Russians	515	10.84	386	8.73

Communities

The Ulus consists of six municipalities: one urban municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) and five rural municipalities (selskoje posselenije) (called nasleg in Yakutia ) with a total of only seven localities.

In the following table, the names of the communities are transcribed and in Russian and Yakut spelling:

Russian name	Yakut name	Population (2010)	Seat / other places / remarks
Borough
Посёлок Белая Гора Possjolok Belaya Gora	Ürüng Chaja böhüölek Үрүҥ Хайа бөһүөлэк	2245	Belaja Gora ( urban-type settlement ; Russian Белая Гора; Yakut Ürüng Chaja, Үрүҥ Хайа)
Rural communities
Абыйский наслег Abyjski nasleg	Abyj nehiliek Абый нэһилиэк	544	Abyj (Russian and Yakut Абый), Djosku (Дёску; Djoosku, Дьооску)
Майорский национальный наслег Majorski nazionalny nasleg	Majyar nazionalnaj nehiliek Майыар национальнай нэһилиэк	530	Kuberganja (Куберганя; Kebergene, Кэбэргэнэ); National Nasleg of the Evens
Мугурдахский наслег Mugurdachski nasleg	Mugurdaach nehiliek Мугурдаах нэһилиэк	421	Syagannach (Сыаганнах; Syagannaach, Сыаганнаах)
Уолбутский наслег Uolbutski nasleg	Uolbut nehiliek Уолбут нэһилиэк	255	Kjong-Kjujol (Кёнг-Кюёль; Kieng Küöl, Киэҥ Күөл)
Урасалахский наслег Urassalachski nasleg	Urahalaach nehiliek Ураһалаах нэһилиэк	430	Suturuocha (Russian and Yakut Сутуруоха)

Web links

Abyjski ulus in the official information portal of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), in Russian

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

^ Results of the 2010 census for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on the Sachastat (Yakutiyastat) website , Volume 4, Table 2

[einwohner_aktuell-1] Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)