Zhigansky District
Zhigansky District
Жиганский улус | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Sakha | Эдьигээн улууhа |
Northern noon, Zhigansky District | |
Location of Zhigansky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 66°46′N 123°16′E / 66.767°N 123.267°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | December 10, 1930 |
| Administrative center | Zhigansk |
| Area | |
• Total | 140,200 km2 (54,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,296 |
| • Density | 0.031/km2 (0.079/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 4 rural okrug |
| • Inhabited localities | 5 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zhigansky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98622000 |
| Website | https://mr-zhiganskij.sakha.gov.ru/ |
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Zhigansky District (Russian: Жига́нский улу́с; Yakut: Эдьигээн улууһа, romanized: Ecigên ulûha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with Bulunsky District in the north, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the east, Kobyaysky District in the southeast, Vilyuysky District in the southwest, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 140,200 square kilometers (54,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Zhigansk. Population: 4,296 (2010 Census); 4,312 (2002 Census); 5,678 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Zhigansk accounts for 79.6% of the district's total population.