Bulunsky District
Bulunsky District (Russian: Булу́нский улу́с; Yakut: Булуҥ улууһа, Buluŋ 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 north of the republic and borders Ust-Yansky District in the east, Verkhoyansky District in the southeast, Eveno-Bytantaysky and Zhigansky Districts in the south, Olenyoksky District in the west, and Anabarsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 223,600 square kilometers (86,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Tiksi. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,054, with the population of Tiksi accounting for 55.9% of that number.
Bulunsky District
Булунский улус | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Булуҥ улууhа |
Cape Krest-Tumsa in the Lena River delta, a protected area of Russia in Bulunsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 70°41′N 127°21′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | December 10, 1930 |
| Administrative center | Tiksi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 223,600 km2 (86,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,054 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 8,339 (−7.9%) |
| • Density | 0.040/km2 (0.10/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 55.9% |
| • Rural | 44.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Settlements, 8 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 Urban-type settlements, 9 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Bulunsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98612000 |
| 2010 Census | 9,054 |
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| 2002 Census | 9,775 |
| 1989 Census | 17,257 |
| 1979 Census | 14,671 |
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