Nyurbinsky District

Nyurbinsky District (Russian: Нюрби́нский улу́с; Yakut: Ньурба улууһа, romanized: Ņurba ulûha, [ɲuɾˈba uluːha]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

The main rivers in the district are the Vilyuy and its tributaries the Markha and the Tyukyan with the Chilli.

[2] Until February 1992, it was called Leninsky District (Ленинский район).

Major natural resources include diamonds, gold, and brown coal.

The Vilyuy Highway runs through the district, connecting the town of Nyurba with Yakutsk, Vilyuysk, and Mirny.