Namsky District
Namsky District
Намский улус (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Нам улууhа |
Ensieli Valley in Namsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Namsky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 58°40′N 125°21′E / 58.667°N 125.350°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | February 10, 1930 |
| Administrative center | Namtsy |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,900 km2 (4,600 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 23,198 |
| • Density | 1.95/km2 (5.05/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 18 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 24 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Namsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98635000 |
| Website | https://mr-namskij.sakha.gov.ru |
Namsky District (Russian: На́мский улу́с; Yakut: Нам улууһа, Nam uluuha) is an administrative and municipal 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). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Namtsy. 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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 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 | ||