Aldansky District (russian: Алда́нский улу́с; sah, Алдан улууһа, ''Aldan uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (

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, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic,

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Location

It is located in the south of the republic on the right bank of the Lena River near the mouth of the

Aldan River The Aldan (russian: Алдан) is the second-longest, right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.Khangalassky and

Amginsky District Amginsky District (russian: Амги́нский улу́с; sah, Амма улууһа, ''Amma uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one ...

s in the north,

Ust-Maysky District Ust-Maysky District (russian: Усть-Ма́йский улу́с; sah, Уус-Маайа улууһа, ''Uus-Maaya uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...

in the northeast, Khabarovsk Krai in the east, Neryungrinsky District in the south, and with

Olyokminsky District Olyokminsky District (russian: Олёкминский улу́с; sah, Өлүөхүмэ улууһа, ''Ölüökhüme uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), ...

in the west and southwest.

Geography

The area of the district is . Its area is larger than the country of Bangladesh. ''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, Lu ...

is the

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Aldan.

Population

As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 42,632, with the population of Aldan accounting for 49.9% of that number.

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous, dominated mainly by the

Aldan Highlands The Aldan Highlands, or Aldan Plateau ( rus, Алданское нагорье, r=Aldanskoye Nagorye; sah, Алдан үрдэлэ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Aldan town and Tommot are l ...

. The northern end of the district is in the

Lena Plateau The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from to and average July temperature ranges from to . Average

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail. ...

varies from in the north to in the south.Center of Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Aldansky District

History

The district was established on May 5, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aldansky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into two

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

(administrative divisions with the

s in the towns (inhabited localities) of Aldan and

Tommot Tommot (russian: Томмо́т; sah, Томмот) is a town in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Aldan River (a right-hand tributary of the Lena) southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic, and northeast o ...

), four settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s (inhabited localities) of Bezymyanny, Lebediny, Leninsky, and

Nizhny Kuranakh Nizhny Kuranakh (russian: Ни́жний Курана́х; sah, Аллараа Кураанах, ''Allaraa Kuraanax'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Aldan, the ...

), and three rural okrugs (''naslegs''), all of which comprise thirteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Aldansky Municipal District. Within the municipal district, the Town of Aldan is incorporated into Aldan Urban Settlement, the Town of Tommot and the Settlement of Bezymyanny are incorporated into Tommot Urban Settlement, the Settlements of Lebediny and Leninsky are incorporated into

Leninsky Urban Settlement Leninsky Urban Settlement or Leninskoye Urban Settlement is the name of several municipal formations in Russia. Modern urban settlements * Leninsky Urban Settlement, Sakha Republic, a municipal formation which the Settlements of Leninsky and Le ...

, the Settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh is incorporated into Nizhny Kuranakh Urban Settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements.Law #173-Z #354-III The town of Aldan serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Economy

The economy of the district is based mostly on mining, although the production of building materials, wood processing, and food industry also have presence. There are deposits of gold, silver, platinum, molybdenum, granite, marble, and other minerals in the district.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 78.77% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

: 5.50% *

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 Eve ...

: 4.11% *

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 ...

: 3.86% *

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: 1.29% *others: 6.47%

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Aldansky District
* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic