Kobyaysky District

Kobyaysky District (Russian: Кобяйский улу́с; Yakut: Кэбээйи улууһа, Kebeeyi uluuha, IPA: [kebeːji 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 on the Vilyuy River, 334 kilometers (208 mi) by road north of the republic's capital of Yakutsk. The area of the district is 107,800 square kilometers (41,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Sangar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,680, with the population of Sangar accounting for 32.0% of that number.

Kobyaysky District
Кобяйский улус
Other transcription(s)
  YakutКэбээйи улууһа
View of Kobyasky District near the urban-type settlement of Sangar
Location of Kobyaysky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 63°55′N 127°28′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
EstablishedApril 20, 1937
Administrative centerSangar
Area
  Total107,800 km2 (41,600 sq mi)
Population
  Total13,680
  Estimate 
(2018)
12,429 (−9.1%)
  Density0.13/km2 (0.33/sq mi)
  Urban
32.0%
  Rural
68.0%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions1 Settlements, 11 Rural okrugs
  Inhabited localities1 Urban-type settlements, 22 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKobyaysky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 )
OKTMO ID98624000
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