Yagodninsky District (russian: Я́годнинский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #1292-OZ] and municipal
[Law #511-OZ] 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 ...
), one of the
eight in
Magadan Oblast,
Russia
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. It is located in the western central part of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) of
Yagodnoye.
Population: 15,833 (
2002 Census);
The population of Yagodnoye accounts for 42.8% of the district's total population.
Geography
The district borders with
Susumansky District in the north,
Srednekansky District in the east,
Khasynsky District
Khasynsky District (russian: Хасы́нский 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 Khasynsky Urban Okrug.Law #1885-OZ Its ...
in the south, and with
Tenkinsky District
Tenkinsky District (russian: Теньки́нский 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 Tenkinsky Urban Okrug.Law #1887-OZ ...
in the west. There are a number of abandoned villages in the district, such as
Taskan
The Taskan ( rus, Таскан) is a river in the Susuman and Yagodninsky districts of Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Kolyma. Its length is , with a drainage basin of . The Taskan was first mapped in the 19th centur ...
,
Elgen and
Ust-Taskan.
The most important rivers of the district are the
Kolyma,
Debin,
Orotukan,
Taskan
The Taskan ( rus, Таскан) is a river in the Susuman and Yagodninsky districts of Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Kolyma. Its length is , with a drainage basin of . The Taskan was first mapped in the 19th centur ...
,
Bakhapcha
The Bakhapcha (russian: Бахапча; also ''"Бохапча"'') is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of .
The Bakhapcha is a right tributary of the upper course of the Kolyma.
The nearest village is Si ...
and
Kongo.
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See also
*
Kolyma Reservoir
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Magadan Oblast
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