Megino-Aldan (russian: Мегино-Алдан; sah, Мэҥэ Алдан, ''Meŋe Aldan'') is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the
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 ...
of Megino-Aldansky Rural Okrug of
Tomponsky District
Tomponsky District (russian: Томпонский улу́с; sah, Томпо улууһа, ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty- ...
in the
Sakha Republic,
Russia
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, located from
Khandyga
Khandyga (russian: Хандыга; sah, Хаандыга) 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 o ...
, the administrative center of the district.
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''] Its population as of the
2010 Census was 1,020,
[This figure is given for Megino-Aldansky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Tomponsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Megino-Aldan is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation.] down from 1,075 recorded during the
2002 Census.
It is located by the
Aldan Aldan may refer to:
;People
*Gille Aldan, the first bishop of Galloway, Scotland
* Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985), Russian writer
*Duke Aldan, a fictional character in '' Langrisser IV'' video game
;Places
*Aldan, Russia, a town in the Sakha R ...
, opposite the mouth of the
Tompo
The Tompo (russian: Томпо) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. River Tompo gives its name to the Tompo District. It flows across desolate regions, Topolinoye being the ...
.
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References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Tomponsky District
*
Rural localities in Tomponsky District
Central Yakutian Lowland
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