Nizhnekolymsky District (russian: Нижнеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Аллараа Халыма улууһа, ''Allaraa Khalyma 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,

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. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Allaikhovsky District in the west, Srednekolymsky District in the south, and with

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 in the east. 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 Chersky. Population: 5,932 ( 2002 Census); The population of Chersky accounts for 61.3% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is washed by the East Siberian Sea in the north. The main river in the district is the Kolyma. Other rivers include the

Alazeya The Alazeya ( rus, Алазея, r=; sah, Алаһыай, translit=Alahıay) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east. Mou ...

, its tributary Rossokha, and the Chukochya. There are many lakes in the district, among them Lake Nerpichye, Lake Chukochye,

Lake Bolshoye Morskoye Bolshoye Morskoye or Mainychin Ankavatyn (russian: Большое Морское; sah, Майнычин-Анкаватын, ''Maynıçın-Ankavatın'') is a freshwater lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. Lying in the tundra of northeas ...

, and

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. Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is located in the district.

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from in the north to in the south and average July temperature ranges from in the north to in the south.Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Nizhnekolymsky District
Annual

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is .

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931.

Demographics

As of the 2010 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 ...

: 40.75% *

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 ...

: 19.25% *

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 th ...

: 12.89% *

Chukchi people The Chukchi, or Chukchee ( ckt, Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэт, О'равэтԓьэт, ''Ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, O'ravètḷʹèt''), are a Siberian indigenous people native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Beri ...

: 10.87% *

Yukaghir people The Yukaghirs, or Yukagirs ( (), russian: юкаги́ры) are a Siberian ethnic group people in the Russian Far East, living in the basin of the Kolyma River. Geographic distribution The Tundra Yukaghirs live in the Lower Kolyma region ...

: 8.38% *

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 ...

: 2.94%

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture and fishing.

Inhabited localities

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

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic East Siberian Sea States and territories established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union