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

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, or ''ulus''), one of the

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in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

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. It is located in the southwest of the republic and borders with Verkhnevilyuysky District in the north, Gorny and

Khangalassky District Khangalassky District (russian: Хангала́сский улу́с; sah, Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Xaŋalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

s in the northeast,

Aldansky District 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 (raion, or ''ulus'' ...

in the east,

Neryungrinsky District Neryungrinsky District (russian: Нерюнгри́нский улу́с; sah, Нүөрүҥгүрү улууһа, ''Nüörünggürü uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

in the southeast,

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...

in the southwest,

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...

and Lensky District in the west, and with

Suntarsky District Suntarsky District (russian: Сунта́рский улу́с; sah, Сунтаар улууһа, ''Suntaar uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of t ...

in the northwest. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its

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is the

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Olyokminsk Olyokminsk ( rus, Олёкминск, p=ɐˈlʲɵkmʲɪnsk; sah, Өлүөхүмэ, ''Ölüökhüme'') is a town and the administrative center of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the rep ...

. Population: 27,563 ( 2002 Census); The population of Olyokminsk accounts for 35.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

The main rivers of the district include the

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in � ...

with its tributaries, such as the

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, Cherendey and Biryuk. The

Olyokma-Chara Plateau The Olyokma-Chara Plateau ( rus, Олёкмо-Чарское плоскогорье; sah, Өлүөхүмэ-Чаара хаптал хайалаах сир) is a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast, Far Eastern Federal Di ...

is located to the west of the Olyokma's western bank. The

Olyokma Nature Reserve Olyokma Nature Reserve (russian: Олёкминский) (also Olekminsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) located south of the middle reaches of the Lena River on the right bank of its second largest tributary - the Olyokma River ...

is part of the district.

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from in the mountains to in the valleys.Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Olyokminsky District
Average annual

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is .

History

The district was established on January 9, 1930.

Demographics

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

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: 48.2% *

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 ...

: 41.7% *

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 Even ...

: 3.9% *

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

: 2.3% *

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

: 1.2% *

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 the ...

: 0.5% *others - 2.4%

Economy

The economy of the district is based mostly on agriculture and mining. There are deposits of gold and construction materials in the district. The only deposit of

charoite Charoite is a rare silicate mineral, first described in 1978. It was believed to be named after the Chara River, but due to the river being 70 km away from its discovery place, now it is believed to be named after the Russian word ''chary'', ...

known in the world is located on the district's territory.

Inhabited localities

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

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

References

Notes

Sources

* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of the Sakha Republic States and territories established in 1930