Ust-Yeniseysky District

Flag of Ust-Yeniseysky District

Coat of arms of Ust-Yeniseysky District

Ust-Yeniseisky district was a former district (raion) 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-Yeniseysky district on a map of Taymyria

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 (Dolgan-Nenets) 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 (postal codes in brackets):

• The town of Karaul (647220)) - population 801
• The village of Nosok (663286) - population 1,692
• The village of Tukhard (647502) - population 814
• The village of Ust-Port (647232) - population 338
• The village of Vorontsovo (647235) - population 253
• The village of Baikalovsk (647234) - population 122
• The village of Polikarpovsk (647230) - population 33
• The village of Kazantsevo (647232) - population 17
• The village of Munguy (647234) - population 11

• The village of Karepovsk (647235) - abandoned between 2002 and 2010

Population

The population of the town and 9 inhabited settlements of the former district (since 1939) were:

• 1939: 4,264
• 1959: 4,427
• 1970: 4,009
• 1979: 3,679
• 1989: 3,884
• 2002: 4,166
• 2010: 3,922