[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district (excluding the administrative center) was 8,416.

[4] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Kutsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast.

[7] The district is located in the Lena-Angara Plateau area.

The Kuta and Tayura, tributaries of the Lena River, flow across it.

[12] The area of the district is 34,600 square kilometers (13,400 sq mi).