Srednekolymsky District (russian: Среднеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Орто Халыма улууһа, ''Orto Khalyma uluuha'', ) is an administrative
[Constitution of the Sakha Republic] and municipal
[Law #172-Z #351-III] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
, or ''ulus''), one of the
thirty-four in the
Sakha Republic,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the republic and borders with
Verkhnekolymsky District
Verkhnekolymsky District (russian: Верхнеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Халыма улууһа, ''Üöhee Khalyma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III distri ...
in the south,
Abyysky District in the west,
Allaikhovsky District in the northwest,
Nizhnekolymsky District in the north,
Bilibinsky District
Bilibinsky District (russian: Били́бинский райо́н; , ''Bilibinkèn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #43-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west ...
of
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a bo ...
in the east, and with
Srednekansky District
Srednekansky District (russian: Среднека́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia.Law #1292-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Srednekansky Urban Okrug.Law ...
of
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is admin ...
in the southeast. The area of the district is .
[Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic] Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Srednekolymsk
Srednekolymsk (russian: Среднеколы́мск; sah, Орто Халыма, ''Orto Khalyma'') is a town and the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kolyma River, n ...
.
Population: 8,353 (
2002 Census);
The population of Srednekolymsk accounts for 44.6% of the district's total population.
Geography
The landscape of the district is mostly flat. The main rivers in the district include the
Kolyma
Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River ...
, the
Alazeya and the
Rossokha with the
Arga-Yuryakh. There are many lakes, the largest of which are Lakes Pavylon and
Balyma.
Mount Chubukulakh is located in the district.
Climate
Average January temperature is and average July temperature is .
[Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring]
Srednekolymsky District
Annual
precipitation
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ranges from in the north to in the east.
History
The district was established on May 25, 1930.
Demographics
From 1989 to 2007, the population of the district declined by almost 16%. A bulk of population are
Yakuts
The Yakuts, or the Sakha ( sah, саха, ; , ), are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Evenk Districts ...
(about 81%); other ethnicities include
Russians
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(12%),
Evens
The Evens ( eve, эвэн; pl. , in Even and , in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of ...
(4%), and
Evenks
The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki based on their endonym )Autonym: (); russian: Эвенки (); (); formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; mn, Хамниган () or Aiwenji () are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Ev ...
(3%).
Economy
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.
There are deposits of construction materials.
Inhabited localities
Divisional source:Srednekolymsky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References
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Districts of the Sakha Republic
States and territories established in 1930