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Verkhnekolymsky District
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Verkhnekolymsky District |
| ru_name | Верхнеколымский улус |
| loc_name1 | Үөһээ Халыма улууhа |
| loc_lang1 | Sakha |
| image_map | |
| map_caption | Location of Verkhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic |
| image_view | ЗУР.jpg |
| image_caption | Zyriansky Coal Mine, Verkhnekolymsky District |
| coordinates | |
| image_flag | Flag of Verkhnekolymsky rayon (Yakutia).png |
| image_coa | Coat of Arms of Verkhnekolymsky rayon (Yakutia).png |
| federal_subject | Sakha Republic |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_ctr_name | Zyryanka |
| adm_ctr_ref | |
| urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type | Settlements |
| no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance | 1 |
| selsoviet_type1 | Rural okrugs |
| no_of_selsoviets_type1 | 5 |
| no_of_urban-type_settlements | 1 |
| no_of_rural_localities | 5 |
| counts_ref | |
| mun_formation1 | Verkhnekolymsky Municipal District |
| mun_formation1_ref | |
| mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements | 1 |
| mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements | 5 |
| mun_formation1_counts_ref | |
| area_km2 | 67800 |
| area_km2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 4723 |
| urban_pop_2010census | 67.1% |
| rural_pop_2010census | 32.9% |
| established_date | April 30, 1954 |
| website | http://v-kol.ru/ |
|urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=1 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=1 Verkhnekolymsky District (; , ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Srednekolymsky District in the north and northeast, Srednekansky District and Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast in the east and south, Momsky District in the west, and with Abyysky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 67800 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Zyryanka. Population: 5,653 (2002 Census); The population of Zyryanka accounts for 67.1% of the district's total population.
Geography
The main rivers of the district are the Kolyma River and its tributaries. Most of the territory of the district is part of the Kolyma lowland. The Yukaghir Plateau, reaching a maximum height of 1128 m at Mount Chubukulakh, rises in the east and some eastern foothills of the Chersky Range to the west, such as the Arga-Tas in the southwest and the Osalin Range in the northwest.
Climate
Average January temperature is -38 C and average July temperature ranges from +12 C to +14 C. Annual precipitation ranges from 250 to.
History
The district was established on April 30, 1954.
Demographics
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
- Russians: 45.6%
- Yakuts: 29.1%
- Evens: 8.7%
- Yukaghirs: 8.3%
- Ukrainians: 2.1%
- Tajiks: 1.4%
- other ethnicities: 4.8%
Inhabited localities
| Towns | Population | Male | Female | Inhabited localities in jurisdiction | Rural settlements | Population | Male | Female | Rural localities in jurisdiction* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zyryanka | |||||||||
| (Зырянка) | 3528 | 1668 (47.3%) | 1860 (52.7%) | ||||||
| Arylakhsky Nasleg | |||||||||
| (Арылахский наслег) | 499 | 254 (50.9%) | 245 (49.1%) | ||||||
| Verkhnekolymsky Nasleg | |||||||||
| (Верхнеколымский наслег) | 365 | 166 (45.5%) | 199 (54.5%) | ||||||
| Nelemninsky National Nasleg | |||||||||
| (Нелемнинский национальный наслег) | 262 | 145 (55.3%) | 117 (44.7%) | ||||||
| Ugolninsky Nasleg | |||||||||
| (Угольнинский наслег) | 329 | 176 (53.5%) | 153 (46.5%) | ||||||
| Utainsky Nasleg | |||||||||
| (Утаинский наслег) | 98 | 57 (58.2%) | 41 (41.8%) |
Divisional source:
Population source:
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References
Notes
Sources
References
- Law #173-Z #354-III
- Constitution of the Sakha Republic
- Law #172-Z #351-III
- Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
- [[Google Earth]]
- "Национальный состав населения". [[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia).
- [http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12522 Verkhnekolymsky Ulus (Raion)] {{webarchive. link. (December 3, 2013 Official website of the Sakha Republic)
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