Ust-Aldansky District (russian: Усть-Алда́нский улу́с; sah, Уус-Алдан улууһа, ''Uus-Aldan uluuha'', ) is an administrative
[Constitution of the Sakha Republic] and municipal
[Law #172-Z #351-III] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
, or ''ulus''), one of the
thirty-four
34 (thirty-four) is the natural number following 33 (number), 33 and preceding 35 (number), 35.
In mathematics
34 is the ninth distinct semiprime and has four divisors including one and itself. Its neighbors, 33 and 35, also are distinct semiprime ...
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 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with
Kobyaysky District
Kobyaysky District (russian: Кобяйский улу́с; sah, Кэбээйи улууһа, ''Kebeeyi uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus ...
in the north,
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 northeast,
Tattinsky District
Tattinsky District (russian: Таттинский улу́с; sah, Таатта улууһа, ''Taatta uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thir ...
in the east,
Churapchinsky District
Churapchinsky District (russian: Чурапчинский улу́с; sah, Чурапчы улууһа, ''Churapchy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (rai ...
in the southeast,
Megino-Kangalassky District
Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...
in the south, and with
Namsky District
Namsky District (russian: На́мский улу́с; sah, Нам улууһа, ''Nam uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the t ...
in the west. The area of the district is .
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''] Its
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the
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'') of
Borogontsy
Borogontsy (russian: Борогонцы; sah, Бороҕон, ''Boroğon'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the administrative centre of and one of three settlements, in addition to Myndaba and Tomtor, in Myuryunsky Rural Okrug of Ust-Aldan ...
.
Population: 22,372 (
2002 Census);
The population of Borogontsy accounts for 23.6% of the district's total population.
Geography
The landscape of the district is mostly flat. Its main rivers 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 ...
and 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 ...
.
[Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring]
Ust-Aldansky District
There are many lakes in the district, the largest of which are
Lakes Myuryu,
Oner, and
Targyldzhyma.
History
The district was established on January 9, 1930.
Demographics
As of the
1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
*
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 ...
: 97.2%
*
Russians
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: 1.6%
*
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 ...
: 0.2%
*
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 ...
: 0.2%
*other ethnicities: 0.8%
Economy
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.
Inhabited localities
Divisional source:Ust-Aldansky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of the Sakha Republic
States and territories established in 1930