Megino-Kangalassky District (; , Meŋe Xaŋalas uluuha, ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 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 central part of the republic, on the Lena River opposite Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. 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 Mayya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,278, with the population of Mayya accounting for 23.3% of that number.
Geography The district borders Ust-Aldansky District in the north, Churapchinsky District in the east, Amginsky District in the southeast, Khangalassky District in the southwest, and is bounded by the Lena River in the west. The main rivers are the Tamma, Myla and Suola. The famous Mount Suullar Myraan is located in the district, by the Suola River bank.Suola River
History The district was established on February 10, 1930 through the merger of Meginsky and Vostochno-Kangalassky Districts.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Megino-Kangalassky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Nizhny Bestyakh) and twenty-nine rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise thirty-five rural localities. The selo of Mayya serves as its administrative center.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District. The Settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the twenty-nine rural okrugs are incorporated into thirty rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #173-Z #354-III The urban-type settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh serves as the administrative center of the municipal district.
Inhabited localities + Administrative/municipal compositionSettlements/Urban settlementsPopulationInhabited localities in jurisdictionNizhny Bestyakh()3,518urban-type settlement of Nizhny Bestyakh (administrative center of the municipal district)Rural okrugs/Rural settlementsPopulationRural localities in administrative jurisdiction*Altansky()502selo of YelecheyArangassky()353selo of TaratBatarinsky()502selo of SymakhBedeminsky()541selo of BedemyoByuteydyakhsky()703selo of ByuteydyakhDogdoginsky()364selo of Byokyo selo of SotoDoydunsky()132selo of KhapchagayDollunsky()578selo of TumulZhabylsky()718selo of NuoraganaZhankhadinsky()1,185selo of Tyoktyur selo of BedzhelekMeginsky()883selo of BalyktakhMegyuryonsky()497selo of Matta selo of KerdyugenMeldekhsinsky()505selo of SuolaMoruksky()426selo of SuolaNakharinsky 1-y()534selo of TeligiNakharinsky 2-y()622selo of KhochoNeryuktyayinsky()2,022selo of Pavlovsk selo of KhomustakhRassolodinsky()472selo of RassolodaTaragaysky()892selo of TabagaTomtorsky()430selo of TomtorTyllyminsky 1-y()701selo of LomtukaTyllyminsky 2-y()118selo of KhatylymaTyungyulyunsky()2,308selo of TyungyulyuKhaptagaysky()1,004selo of KhaptagayKharansky()1,139selo of PetrovkaKhodorinsky()611selo of ChyuyyaKholguminsky()295selo of ByramaKhorobutsky()1,002selo of Khorobut selo of Kharba-AtakhChyamayykinsky()434selo of DarkylakhRural localities which are not a part of a settlement or a rural okrugPopulationRural localities7,288selo of Mayya (administrative center of the administrative district)
Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Yakuts: 91.4% Russians: 4.8% Evenks: 0.8% Uzbeks: 0.5% others: 2.5%
See also Lena Plateau
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Megino-Kangalassky District.