Bulunsky Ulus
Encyclopedia
Bulunsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion
, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia
. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement
) of Tiksi
. District's population: 9,775 (2002 Census
); Population of Tiksi accounts for 55.9% of the district's population.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) of Tiksi
Tiksi
Tiksi is an urban locality and the administrative center of Bulunsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. Population: It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea...
. District's population: 9,775 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); Population of Tiksi accounts for 55.9% of the district's population.