Srednekolymsky District (russian: Среднеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Орто Халыма улууһа, ''Orto 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

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in the

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. It is located in the north of the republic and borders with

Verkhnekolymsky District Verkhnekolymsky District (russian: Верхнеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Халыма улууһа, ''Üöhee Khalyma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III distri ...

in the south, Abyysky District in the west,

Allaikhovsky District Allaikhovsky District (russian: Алла́иховский улу́с; sah, Аллайыаха улууһа, ''Allayyakha uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district ...

in the northwest, Nizhnekolymsky District in the north,

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 ...

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in the east, and with

Srednekansky District Srednekansky District (russian: Среднека́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia.Law #1292-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Srednekansky Urban Okrug.La ...

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in the southeast. 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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of Srednekolymsk. Population: 8,353 ( 2002 Census); The population of Srednekolymsk accounts for 44.6% of the district's total population.

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly flat. The main rivers in the district include the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

, 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 ...

and the Rossokha with the

Arga-Yuryakh The Arga-Yuryakh (russian: Арга-Юрях; sah, Арҕаа Үрэх, ''Arğaa Ürex'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of ...

. There are many lakes, the largest of which are Lakes Pavylon and Balyma.

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is located in the district.

Climate

Average January temperature is and average July temperature is .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring
Srednekolymsky District
Annual

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ranges from in the north to in the east.

History

The district was established on May 25, 1930.

Demographics

From 1989 to 2007, the population of the district declined by almost 16%. A bulk of population are

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 ...

(about 81%); other ethnicities include

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(12%),

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 ...

(4%), and

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(3%).

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of construction materials.

Inhabited localities

Divisional source:Srednekolymsky 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