Verkhoyansky District

The Werchojanski ulus (Russian Верхоянский улус, also Верхоянский район, rajon Werchojanski; Yakut Үөһээ Дьааҥы улууһа, Üöhee Džaangy uluuha ) is one of the 34 Ulusse ( Rajons ) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia ) in the north of the Russian Far East Federal District. It lies on the Arctic Circle and just northeast of the center of the country inland, south of the Ust- Janski ulus.

Geography

The Ulus has an area of about 134,100 km ², more than Bavaria, Baden- Württemberg and Hesse together. He is part of the East Siberian mountain country and covers the entire upper catchment area of ​​Jana.

The vegetation is in sheltered areas of the South Taiga, at high altitudes and in the north to the valley of tundra.

Demography

The population began to rise earlier than in more north-eastern part of the Republic, then remained relatively constant until 1990, however. By festzustellende also in the neighboring Ulussen migration since the end of the Soviet Union, it is now back below the value of 1959:

The population is, and rising to about four -fifths of members of indigenous ethnic groups.

Communities

The Ulus consists of 17 municipalities referred to in the Republic of Sakha as Nasleg, it is the city of Verkhoyansk, two urban-type settlements, including the county seat and 14 rural communities.

The names of each are shown in the following table only in transliteration and after the semicolon in Cyrillic original spelling: