Churapchinsky District
Churapchinsky District (Russian: Чурапчинский улу́с; Yakut: Чурапчы улууһа, Çurapçı uluuha, IPA: [t͡ʃuɾapˈt͡ʃɯ uluːha]) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders Tattinsky District in the north, Ust-Maysky District in the east and southeast, Amginsky District in the south, Megino-Kangalassky District in the west, and Ust-Aldansky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 12,600 square kilometers (4,900 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Churapcha. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,387, with the population of Churapcha accounting for 43.0% of that number.
Churapchinsky District
Чурапчинский улус | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Чурапчы улууһа |
The selo of Dyabyla in Churapchinsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Churapchinsky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 62°00′N 132°26′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | March 25, 1930 |
| Administrative center | Churapcha |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Head | Stepan Sargydaev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,600 km2 (4,900 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20,387 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 21,161 (+3.8%) |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 17 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 30 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Churapchinsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98658000 |
| 2010 Census | 20,387 |
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| 2002 Census | 19,466 |
| 1989 Census | 18,516 |
| 1979 Census | 16,203 |