Vilyuysky District

Vilyuysky District Вилюйский улус (Russian) Бүлүү улууhа (Sakha)
Location of Vilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°37′E / 63.750°N 121.617°E / 63.750; 121.617Coordinates: 63°45′N 121°37′E / 63.750°N 121.617°E / 63.750; 121.617
"Sand dunes", Vilyuysky District
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Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic
Administrative structure (as of June 2009)
Administrative center	town of Vilyuysk
Administrative divisions:
Towns under district jurisdiction	1
Settlements	1
Rural okrugs	19
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns	1
Urban-type settlements	1
Rural localities	25
Municipal structure (as of December 2008)
Municipally incorporated as	Vilyuysky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	2
Rural settlements	19
Statistics
Area (June 2009)	55,200 km2 (21,300 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	25,222 inhabitants
• Urban	52.9%
• Rural	47.1%
Density	0.46/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Time zone	YAKT (UTC+09:00)
Established	January 9, 1930
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Vilyuysky District (Russian: Вилю́йский улу́с; Yakut: Бүлүү улууһа, Bülüü uluuha, IPA: [bylyː uluːha]) is an administrative and municipal 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 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 55,200 square kilometers (21,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vilyuysk. Population: 25,222 (2010 Census); 25,696 (2002 Census);28,704 (1989 Census). The population of Vilyuysk accounts for 40.6% of the district's total population.

Main rivers in the district include the Vilyuy and its tributary the Tyung.

The district was established on January 9, 1930.

As of the 1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:

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