Lensky Ulus
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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"...
(district
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"...
) of 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 town of Lensk
Lensk
Lensk is a town and the administrative center of Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River, approximately west of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. Population: -History:...
. Population:
The ulus comprises eight naslegs, municipally incorporated as rural settlements, two settlements of urban type
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...
(Peleduy and Vitim
Vitim
Vitim is an urban locality in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River at the confluence with the Vitim River...
), and one town (Lensk), all municipally incorporated as urban settlements.