Khangalassky District
Khangalassky District
Хангаласский улус | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Sakha | Хаҥалас улууһа |
Turuuk Khaya rocks, a protected area of Russia in Khangalassky District | |
Location of Khangalassky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 61°18′N 127°12′E / 61.300°N 127.200°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | February 10, 1930 |
| Administrative center | Pokrovsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,700 km2 (9,500 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,557 |
| • Density | 0.99/km2 (2.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 27.3% |
| • Rural | 72.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Settlements, 16 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 27 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Khangalassky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98644000 |
| Website | https://mr-hangalasskij.sakha.gov.ru/ |
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Khangalassky District (Russian: Хангала́сский улу́с; Yakut: Хаҥалас улууһа, romanized: Xañalas ulûha, [xaŋalas 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 center of the republic and borders Megino-Kangalassky District in the east, Amginsky and Aldansky Districts in the south, Olyokminsky District in the southwest, Gorny District in the northwest, and the territory of the city of republic significance of Yakutsk in the north. The area of the district is 24,700 square kilometers (9,500 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pokrovsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district, excluding its administrative center, was 24,557.