Verkhnekolymsky District (russian: Верхнеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Халыма улууһа, ''Üöhee Khalyma uluuha'', ) is an administrative
[Constitution of the Sakha Republic] and municipal
[Law #172-Z #351-III] district (
raion
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, 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 northeast of the republic and borders with
Srednekolymsky District in the north and northeast,
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 ...
and
Susumansky District of
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...
in the east and south,
Momsky District
Momsky District (russian: Момский улу́с; sah, Муома улууһа, ''Muoma uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of ...
in the west, and with
Abyysky District in the northwest. The area of the district is .
[Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic] Its
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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the
urban locality (a
settlement
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*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
) of
Zyryanka
Zyryanka (russian: Зыря́нка; sah, Зырянка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, on the left bank of the Kolyma River. As of the ...
.
Population: 5,653 (
2002 Census);
The population of Zyryanka accounts for 67.1% of the district's total population.
Geography
The main rivers of the district are the
Kolyma River
The Kolyma ( rus, Колыма, p=kəlɨˈma; sah, Халыма, translit=Khalyma) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia.
The Kolyma is frozen ...
and its tributaries. Most of the territory of the district is part of the Kolyma lowland. The
Yukaghir Plateau, reaching a maximum height of at
Mount Chubukulakh
Mount Chubukulakh (russian: link=no, Гора Чубукулах),Аркадий Андреев, ''Горы Якутии'' (Arkady Andreyev, ''Mountains of Yakutia'') p. 30 is a mountain in the Middle Kolyma District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), R ...
, rises in the east and some eastern foothills of the
Chersky Range
The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magadan O ...
to the west, such as the
Arga-Tas in the southwest and the
Osalin Range in the northwest.
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Climate
Average January temperature is and average July temperature ranges from to . Annual
precipitation
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ranges from .
History
The district was established on April 30, 1954.
Demographics
As of the
1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
*
Russians
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: 62.1%
*
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 ...
: 18.3%
*
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 ...
: 1.9%
*
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 ...
: 1.8%
*
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 ...
: 0.1%
*other ethnicities: 15.8%
Inhabited localities
Divisional source:Verkhnekolymsky Ulus (Raion)
Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
References
Notes
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Districts of the Sakha Republic