Ust-Maysky District (; , Uus-Maaya uluuha, ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with Oymyakonsky District in the northeast, Okhotsky District and Ayano-Maysky District of Khabarovsk Krai in the east and south, Aldansky District in the southwest, Amginsky District in the west, Churapchinsky and Tattinsky Districts in the northwest, and with Tomponsky District in the north. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Ust-Maya. Population: 11,568 (2002 Census); The population of Ust-Maya accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.
Geography The main rivers in the district are the Aldan and its tributaries the Maya and Allakh-Yun.
Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from in the mountains to in the river valleys.Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Ust-Maysky District Annual precipitation ranges from .
History The district was established on May 20, 1931. The administrative centre of the district was Solnechny from 1972 to 1992, after which it moved to Ust-Maya.
Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Russians: 54.0% Evenks: 28.4% Yakuts: 9.9% Ukrainians: 1.9% Evens: 1.1% other ethnicities: 4.7%
Economy The economy of the district is mostly based on mining, timber industry, and production of construction materials. There are deposits of gold, lead, zinc, rare metals, and construction materials.
Inhabited localities + Municipal compositionUrban settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionZvyozdochka()408279 (68.4%)129 (31.6%)Urban-type settlement of ZvyozdochkaSolnechny()1,034534 (51.6%)500 (48.4%)Urban-type settlement of Solnechny selo of Ust-YnykchanUst-Maya()2,9521,429 (48.4%)1,523 (51.6%)Urban-type settlement of Ust-Maya (administrative centre of the district) selo of Ust-YudomaEldikan()1,515726 (47.9%)789 (52.1%)Urban-type settlement of Eldikan selo of 8-y kmYugoryonok()272176 (64.7%)96 (35.3%)Urban-type settlement of YugoryonokRural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Kyupsky National Nasleg()536263 (49.1%)273 (50.9%)selo of Kyuptsy selo of TumulPetropavlovsky National Nasleg()985478 (48.5%)507 (51.5%)selo of Petropavlovsk selo of TroitskEzhansky National Nasleg()360179 (49.7%)181 (50.3%)selo of EzhantsyVillagesPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Belkachi()17996 (53.6%)83 (46.4%)selo of BelkachiUst-Mil()292147 (50.3%)145 (49.7%)selo of Ust-MilInhabited localities in the inter-settlement territoryPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionAllakh-Yun()9655 (57.3%)41 (42.7%)Urban-type settlement of Allakh-Yun Divisional source:
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Ust-Maysky District.