Ust-Yeniseysky District


Ust-Yeniseisky district was a former district of the former Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug which was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on 1 January 2007. The administrative centre of the district was the town of Karaul.

Location

Ust-Yeniseisky district was located in the south-west of the Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets AO. Along with the three other districts of the former okrug after they were merged into one, it became a part of the Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. As its name suggests, its territory encompassed the mouth of the Yenisei River.

History

Ust-Yeniseisky district was created in 1930, when the Taymyr Autonomous Okrug was first created, known as the Taymyr National Okrug. In 1957, Diksonsky district separated from Ust-Yeniseisky district.
Upon the merger of Taymyr AO and Krasnoyarsk Krai on 1 January 2007, Ust-Yeniseisky district was abolished. It now forms the western area of Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Demographics

Settlements

Ust-Yeniseisky district had 10 settlements, 1 of which is abandoned :
  • The town of Karaul ) - population 801
  • The village of Nosok - population 1,692
  • The village of Tukhard - population 814
  • The village of Ust-Port - population 338
  • The village of Vorontsovo - population 253
  • The village of Baikalovsk - population 122
  • The village of Polikarpovsk - population 33
  • The village of Kazantsevo - population 17
  • The village of Munguy - population 11
  • The village of Karepovsk - abandoned between 2002 and 2010

Population

The population of the town and 9 inhabited settlements of the former district were:
  • 1939: 4,264
  • 1959: 4,427
  • 1970: 4,009
  • 1979: 3,679
  • 1989: 3,884
  • 2002: 4,166
  • 2010: 3,922