Verkhoyansky District
Verkhoyansky District (; , Üöhee Caaŋı uluuha, ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with Ust-Yansky District in the northeast, Momsky District in the east, Tomponsky District in the south, Kobyaysky District in the southwest, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the west, and  with Bulunsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Batagay. Population:  13,666 (2002 Census);  The population of Batagay accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population. Geography 
The main river in the district is the Yana and its tributaries Nelgese, Derbeke, Tykakh and Baky. Climate
Average January temperature ranges from  to  and average July temperature ranges from  to . Annual precipitation ranges from . History
The district was established on January 5, 1967. Demographics
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
Yakuts: 78.8%
Russians: 13.9%
Evens: 5.0%
Ukrainians: 0.5%
other ethnicities: 1.8%

Economy
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, antimony, gold, silver, brown coal, and other minerals. Inhabited localities

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*Administrative centers are shown in bold

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Districts of the Sakha Republic
States and territories established in 1967