Amginsky District
Amginsky District
Амгинский улус (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Амма улууhа |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Amginsky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 60°24′N 130°54′E / 60.400°N 130.900°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | January 9, 1930 |
| Administrative center | Amga |
| Area | |
• Total | 29,400 km2 (11,400 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,183 |
| • Density | 0.584/km2 (1.51/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 14 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 21 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Amginsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98608000 |
| Website | https://mr-amginskij.sakha.gov.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 17,183 |
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| 2002 Census | 17,251 |
| 1989 Census | 15,452 |
| 1979 Census | 12,547 |
Amginsky District (Russian: Амги́нский улу́с; Yakut: Амма улууһа, Amma uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with Churapchinsky District in the north, Ust-Maysky District in the east and southeast, Aldansky District in the south and southwest, and with Khangalassky and Megino-Kangalassky Districts in the northwest. The area of the district is 29,400 square kilometers (11,400 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Amga. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,183, with the population of Amga accounting for 38.0% of that number.