Chulman (russian: Чульман) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in

Neryungrinsky District Neryungrinsky District (russian: Нерюнгри́нский улу́с; sah, Нүөрүҥгүрү улууһа, ''Nüörünggürü uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

of the Sakha Republic,

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, located from

Neryungri Neryungri ( rus, Нерюнгри, p=ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ; evn, Ньируунгра; sah, Нүөрүҥгүрү, ''Nüörünggürü'', ) is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic, Russia and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky Dist ...

, the

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of the district,''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' on the Chulman River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,766.

Geography

The town is located in the

Aldan Highlands The Aldan Highlands, or Aldan Plateau ( rus, Алданское нагорье, r=Aldanskoye Nagorye; sah, Алдан үрдэлэ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Aldan town and Tommot are l ...

, there is a deep gorge to the east with white cliffs.

History

It was founded with nineteen inhabitants in 1926.

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status was granted to it in 1941. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, it was the location of a

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work camp.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of ChulmanAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Chulman is the administrative center of the Settlement of Chulman. is incorporated within

as the Settlement of Chulman. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chulman, together with one

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(the '' selo'' of Bolshoy Khatymi) under direct jurisdiction of Neryungrinsky District, is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Chulman Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III

Economy

Employment in Chulman is mainly in the mining of coal, granite, and gemstones industries, as well as at the power station.

Transportation

Chulman is served by the

Chulman Airport Chulman Neryungri Airport () is a civilian airport in Yakutia, Russia located 8 km north of Chulman and 40 km north of Neryungri. The IATA code ''NER'' and the Russian internal code ''НРГ'' also refers to the city of Neryungri. The ...

and is a station on the

Amur–Yakutsk Mainline The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline (russian: Амуро-Якутская магистраль, ), abbreviated to AYaM ( Russian АЯM), is a partially complete railway in eastern Russia, linking the Trans–Siberian Railway and Baikal–Amur Mainlin ...

Climate

Chulman has a subarctic climate (

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

''Dfc''/''Dwc''). Winters are bitterly cold with average temperatures from in January, while summers are mild with average temperatures from in July.

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is moderate and is much higher in summer than at other times of the year.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Neryungrinsky District
* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic