Vilyuysky District
Vilyuysky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Zhigansky District in the northeast, Kobyaysky District in the east, Gorny District in the south, Verkhnevilyuysky District in the west, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the town of Vilyuysk. Population: 25,696 ; The population of Vilyuysk accounts for 40.6% of the district's total population.Geography
Main rivers in the district include the Vilyuy and its tributary the Tyung.History
The district was established on January 9, 1930.Demographics
As of the 1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
- Yakuts: 68.5%
- Russians: 22.7%
- Evens: 0.2%
- Evenks: 0.2%
- other ethnicities: 8.4%
Economy
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.Inhabited localities
Divisional source:
- Administrative centers are shown in bold
