Allaikhovsky District (; , ''Allayıaxa uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (

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, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...

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. It is located in the northeast of the republic towards the mouth of the

Indigirka River The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...

and borders with the

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in the north,

Nizhnekolymsky District Nizhnekolymsky District (; , ''Allaraa Xalıma uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in ...

in the east,

Srednekolymsky District Srednekolymsky District (; , ''Orto Xalıma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in t ...

in the southeast,

Abyysky District Abyysky District (; , ''Abıy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located ...

in the south, and with

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (; , ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic in ...

in the west. The area of the district is .''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' Its

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is the urban locality (an

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) of

Chokurdakh Chokurdakh (; , ''Çokuurdaax'') is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 C ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 3,050, with the population of Chokurdakh accounting for 77.6% of that number.

Geography

It is located north of the

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, in the lower reaches of the

Indigirka The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...

River. Most of the district is part of the

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (; ) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the lowland is part of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). There are inhabited ...

and

Kolyma Lowland The Kolyma Lowland () is a lowland plain in the northeastern parts of Sakha Republic in the basin of the Alazeya, Bolshaya Chukoch'ya and lower reaches of the Kolyma rivers. The lowland is formed by fluvio-lacustrine loam soil about 120 m thick ...

. The

Polousny Range The Polousny Range (; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. This range is one ...

and the

Ulakhan-Sis The Ulakhan-Sis Range (; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.

are located to the south and the Kondakov Highland rises to the east. The Indigirka and its numerous tributaries, such as the

Bolshaya Ercha The Bolshaya Ercha () is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a tributary of the Indigirka. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate territories of the ...

and the

Allaikha River The Allaikha (; , ''Allayıaxa'') is a river of Sakha Republic, Russia, a left hand tributary of the Indigirka. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Course The Allaikha has its source in the northern slopes of the Polousny Range at the Swan ...

, as well as the

Khroma The Khroma () is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Course The source of the Khroma is at the confluence of the Tamteken and the Nemalak-Arangas, flowing down from the Pol ...

—with the

Uryung-Ulakh The Uryung-Ulakh or Yuryung-Ulakh ( or Юрюнг-Уулаах; , ''Ürün Uulaax'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across territ ...

, the

Kyuyol-Yuryakh The Kyuyol-Yuryakh (; , ''Küöl-ürex'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across territories of the East Siberian Lowland in Allaik ...

Bogdashkina The Bogdashkina () is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate territories of the Allaikhovsky District. Course Not counting t ...

and Gusinaya in the far northern end, flow through the district. Lake

Soluntakh Soluntakh (; , ''Soluntax'') is a freshwater lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the largest lakes in the Allaikhovsky District. The region where Soluntakh lies is uninhabited. Like most bodies of water in the area in has n ...

is one of the largest in the district.

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Allaikhovsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one

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(an administrative division with the

in the

(inhabited locality) of

) and five rural okrugs (''naslegs''), all of which comprise six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Allaikhovsky Municipal District. The Settlement of Chokurdakh is incorporated into an urban settlement, four rural okrugs are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district, and the territory of the fifth rural okrug is managed by the municipal district as inter-settlement territory.Law #173-Z #354-III The urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Economy

The main forms of business are reindeer husbandry, fishing, and fur trade. There are deposits of tin and gold in the district.Yakutiatravel.com
Information about Allaikhovsky District

Demographics

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: *

Yakuts The Yakuts or Sakha (, ; , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation. They also inhabit some districts of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. They speak Yakut, which belongs to the Si ...

: 38.3% *

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

: 31.7% *

Evens The Evens /əˈvɛn/ ( Even: эвэн; pl. эвэсэл, ''evesel'' in Even and эвены, ''eveny'' in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and ...

: 21.4% *

Yukaghirs The Yukaghirs, or Yukagirs ( (), ), are a Siberian ethnic group in the Russian Far East, living in the basin of the Kolyma River. Geographic distribution The Tundra Yukaghirs live in the Lower Kolyma region in the Sakha Republic; the Taiga Y ...

: 3.6% * Chukchi: 1.2% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

: 1.0% *

Buryats The Buryats are a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts. The majority of the Buryats today live in their ti ...

: 0.9% *others: 1.9%

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from in the north to in the south.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Allaikhovsky District
* * *

External links

Map of Allaikhovsky District
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