Tomponsky District (; , ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic 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 ...

, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with

Momsky District Momsky District (; , ''Muoma 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 i ...

in the northeast,

Oymyakonsky District Oymyakonsky District (; , ''Öymököön 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 th ...

in the east,

Ust-Maysky District Ust-Maysky District (; , ''Uus-Maaya 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 the ea ...

in the southeast,

Tattinsky District Tattinsky District (; , ''Taatta 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 the eastern ce ...

in the southwest, Ust-Aldansky and

Kobyaysky District Kobyaysky District (; , ''Kebeeyi 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 locat ...

s in the west, and with

Verkhoyansky District Verkhoyansky 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 northern central part of ...

in the north and northwest. 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 (a

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) of

Khandyga Khandyga (; , ''Xaandıga'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its popula ...

. Population: 15,275 ( 2002 Census); The population of Khandyga accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population.

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. Its main rivers include the

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, the

Tompo The Tompo (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan (river), Aldan, part of the Lena (river), Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . River Tompo gives its name to the Tompo Di ...

Adycha The Adycha (; ) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yana, and is long, with a drainage basin of . At the end of the Soviet period, a big dam with a hydroelectric station was planned to be built on ...

Nelgese The Nelgese (; , ''Nelgehe'') is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The river flows across a desolate area of severe climate, with cont ...

Derbeke The Derbeke (; ) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of . It is an excellent river for boating, but it flows in an area without permanent ...

and the

Emanda Emanda ( or Эманджа, ) is a freshwater lake in Tomponsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. The lake is located in a desolate area where there is no permanent population and few visitors. There are burbot, pike and grayling in its waters. ...

is a lake located on the

Yana Plateau The Yana Plateau (, ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth The plateau lies in an uninhabited area where solitude prevails. It was first surveyed and mapped in 1868 by Gerhard von Mayde ...

, in the northern part of the district.

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Tomponsky District
Annual

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is .

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931.

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 ...

: 44.3% *

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 ...

: 38.2% *

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 ...

: 10.3% *

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 ...

: 1.4% *other ethnicities: 5.8%

Economy

The economy of the district is based on mining, production of construction materials, and agriculture. There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold, silver, coal, gypsum, marble, and other minerals.

Inhabited localities

Divisional source:Tomponsky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

References

Notes

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