Imeni Poliny Osipenko District () is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (

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), one of the seventeen in

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. It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of imeni Poliny Osipenko. Population: The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.3% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is mountainous. In the western part rise the Yam-Alin, Dusse-Alin, Etkil-Yankansky, Mevadzha and Koltoursky ranges; in the eastern part, parallel to the

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River, rise the Kivun, Omal, Omeldin and Chayatyn ranges. The Nimelen-Chukchagir Lowland is located in the central part of the district.Topographic map N-53; M 1: 1,000,00
/ref> The main rivers of the district are the Amgun and its tributaries

Nimelen The Nimelen () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is the longest tributary of the Amgun, with a length of and a drainage basin area of .Oldzhikan, Uda and Somnia (Сомня). The Amgun is navigable from the mouth to imeni Poliny Osipenko village. There are about four thousand lakes in the district. The largest are Chukchagir () and Dzhevdokha ().

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