Lavrentiya (Russian: Лавре́нтия, Yupik: Ӄышы; Chukchi: Ӄытрын, Ḳytryn; Naukan: Qerre; Inupiaq: Kesrreq or Kisrriq) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Lavrentiya Bay, close to the Bering Strait. Population: 1,459 (2010 census); 1,333 (2002 census); 3,012 (1989 Soviet census). Lavrentiya is the only district administrative center in the whole autonomous okrug that does not have urban status; it accounts for 30.2% of the district's total population.Located in Lavrentiya is the easternmost airport on the world map, the Lavrentiya Airport, UHML.
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- ⭐ Core Definition: Lavrentiya
- Lavrentiya in the context of Chukotsky District
- Lavrentiya in the context of Administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Lavrentiya in the context of Chukotsky District
Chukotsky District (Russian: Чуко́тский райо́н, Čukótskiy rayón; Chukchi: Чукоткакэн район, Čukotkakèn rajon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the easternmost district of the autonomous okrug and Russia, and the closest part of Russia to the United States. It borders with the Chukchi Sea in the north, the Bering Sea in the east, Providensky District in the south, and the Kolyuchinskaya Bay in the west. The area of the district is 30,700 square kilometers (11,900 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lavrentiya. Population: 4,995 (2021 census); 4,838 (2010 census); 4,541 (2002 census); 6,878 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Lavrentiya accounts for 30.2% of the district's total population.
The district is populated mainly by indigenous peoples, the majority being either Chukchi or Yupik. The sparse nature of the population means that this is the only district in the autonomous okrug without any urban localities. The selo of Uelen is located in the district, which is a focal point for indigenous artwork of the region as a whole and the birthplace of Yuri Rytkheu, the first internationally recognized Chukchi writer.
View the full Wikipedia page for Chukotsky DistrictLavrentiya in the context of Administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is administratively divided into:
- Towns under the autonomous okrug's jurisdiction:
- Anadyr (Анадырь) (administrative center)
- Districts:
- Anadyrsky (Анадырский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Otrozhny (Отрожный)
- Shakhtyorsky (Шахтёрский)
- Ugolnye Kopi (Угольные Копи)
- Beringovsky (Беринговский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Bilibinsky (Билибинский)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Bilibino (Билибино)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Aliskerovo (Алискерово)
- Dalny (Дальний)
- Vesenny (Весенний)
- Vstrechny (Встречный)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Chaunsky (Чаунский)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Pevek (Певек)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Baranikha (Бараниха)
- Bystry (Быстрый)
- Komsomolsky (Комсомольский)
- Krasnoarmeysky (Красноармейский)
- Valkumey (Валькумей)
- Yuzhny (Южный)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Chukotsky (Чукотский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Lavrentiya (Лаврентия)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Iultinsky (Иультинский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Egvekinot (Эгвекинот)
- Leningradsky (Ленинградский)
- Mys Shmidta (Мыс Шмидта)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Providensky (Провиденский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Provideniya (Провидения)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Anadyrsky (Анадырский)