Suntarsky District (; , Suntaar uluuha, ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Nyurbinsky District in the north and northeast, Verkhnevilyuysky District in the east, Olyokminsky District in the southeast, Lensky District in the southwest, and with Mirninsky District in the west. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Suntar. Population: 25,485 (2002 Census); The population of Suntar accounts for 39.9% of the district's total population.
Geography The main river in the district is the Vilyuy.
Climate Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Suntarsky District Annual precipitation is about .
History The district was established on January 9, 1930.
Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Yakuts: 97.8% Evens: 0.7% Russians: 0.6% other: 0.9%
Economy The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of gold, brown coal, gypsum, anhydrite, construction materials, and others minerals.
Transportation The Vilyuy Highway runs through the district, connecting it with Yakutsk, Vilyuysk, and Mirny. There is an airport in Suntar.
Inhabited localities + Municipal compositionRural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Allaginsky Nasleg()447224 (50.1%)223 (49.9%)selo of AllagaArylakhsky Nasleg()667319 (47.8%)348 (52.2%)selo of Usun-KyuyolBordonsky Nasleg()904461 (51.0%)443 (49.0%)selo of SardangaVilyuchansky Nasleg()672327 (48.7%)345 (51.3%)selo of Khordogoy selo of OyusutZharkhansky Nasleg()513253 (49.3%)260 (50.7%)selo of Arylakh (Zharkhan)Ilimnirsky Nasleg()250140 (56.0%)110 (44.0%)selo of IlimnirKempendyaysky Nasleg()448204 (45.5%)244 (54.5%)selo of Kempendyay selo of ChayygdaKrestyakhsky Nasleg()882453 (51.4%)429 (48.6%)selo of KrestyakhKuokuninsky Nasleg()591310 (52.5%)281 (47.5%)selo of KuokunuKutaninsky Nasleg()1,013498 (49.2%)515 (50.8%)selo of Kutana selo of TumulKyukyaisky Nasleg()394206 (52.3%)188 (47.7%)selo of KyukeyKyundyayinsky Nasleg()832416 (50.0%)416 (50.0%)selo of Kyundyae selo of Kharyalakh selo of ElgyanMar-Kyuyolsky Nasleg()506249 (49.2%)257 (50.8%)selo of Mar-KyuyolNakharinsky Nasleg()11362 (54.9%)51 (45.1%)selo of NakharaSuntarsky Nasleg()10,0344,661 (46.5%)5,373 (53.5%)selo of Suntar (Administrative centre of the district)Tenkinsky Nasleg()9350 (53.8%)43 (46.2%)selo of TenkyaToybokhoysky Nasleg()1,600769 (48.1%)831 (51.9%)selo of ToybokhoyTolonsky Nasleg()12767 (52.8%)60 (47.2%)selo of TolonTuoydakhsky Nasleg()15792 (58.6%)65 (41.4%)selo of TuoydakhTyubyaysky Nasleg()305154 (50.5%)151 (49.5%)selo of Tyubyay selo of NeryuktyayTyubyay-Zharkhansky Nasleg()664330 (49.7%)334 (50.3%)selo of Arylakh selo of Milyake selo of YgyattaUstinsky Nasleg()337163 (48.4%)174 (51.6%)selo of UstyeKhadansky Nasleg()436232 (53.2%)204 (46.8%)selo of Agdary selo of Tolon selo of EyikyarKhorinsky Nasleg()272133 (48.6%)139 (51.1%)selo of KhoroSheinsky Nasleg()851422 (49.6%)429 (50.4%)selo of Sheya selo of Byas-Sheya selo of KomsomolElgyaysky Nasleg()2,032974 (47.9%)1,058 (52.7%)selo of Elgyay selo of Bordon 3-y Divisional source:Suntarsky Ulus (Raion) Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
See also Lena Plateau
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