Allaikhovsky District

Geography

It is located north of the Arctic Circle, in the lower reaches of the Indigirka River. Most of the district is part of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland and Kolyma Lowland. The Polousny Range and the Ulakhan-Sis are located to the south and the Kondakov Highland rises to the east. The Indigirka and its numerous tributaries, such as the Bolshaya Ercha and the Allaikha River, as well as the Khroma —with the Uryung-Ulakh, the Kyuyol-Yuryakh, Bogdashkina and Gusinaya in the far northern end, flow through the district. Lake Soluntakh 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 settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Chokurdakh) 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. The urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Economy

The main forms of business are reindeer husbandry, fishing, and fur trade. There are deposits of tin and gold in the district.

Demographics

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

• Yakuts: 38.3%
• Russians: 31.7%
• Evens: 21.4%
• Yukaghirs: 3.6%
• Chukchi: 1.2%
• Ukrainians: 1.0%
• Buryats: 0.9%
• others: 1.9%

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from -32 to and average July temperature ranges from +4 C in the north to +12 C in the south.

References

Notes

Sources

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

References

1. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://sakha.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/sakha/resources/92049f804c5c75979146937dff7d05ed/d2_032016.xls Численность постоянного населения по муниципальным образованиям] {{Webarchive. link. (September 29, 2018 {{in lang). ru
2. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
3. {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
4. {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
5. Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
6. Law #172-Z #351-III
7. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
8. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
9. "R-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)".
10. Law #173-Z #354-III
11. Yakutiatravel.com. [http://www.yakutiatravel.com/map/regions/allaikhovsky.htm Information about Allaikhovsky District] {{Webarchive. link. (February 18, 2009)
12. "Национальный состав населения". [[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia).