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 (

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, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic,

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. It is located in the northeast of the republic towards the mouth of the

Indigirka River The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The ...

and borders with the

East Siberian Sea The East Siberian Sea ( rus, Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре, r=Vostochno-Sibirskoye more) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New S ...

in the north, Nizhnekolymsky District in the east, Srednekolymsky District in the southeast, Abyysky District in the south, and with

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district ( raion, or ''ulus''), ...

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

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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 Chokurdakh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 3,050, with the population of Chokurdakh accounting for 77.6% of that number.

Geography

It is located north of the Arctic Circle, in the lower reaches of the

Indigirka The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The ...

River. Most of the district is part of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland and Kolyma Lowland. The

Polousny Range The Polousny Range ( rus, Полоусный кряж; sah, Полоуснай томтороот) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyc ...

and the Ulakhan-Sis are located to the south and the Kondakov Highland rises to the east. The Indigirka and its numerous tributaries, such as the

Bolshaya Ercha The Bolshaya Ercha (russian: Большая Эрча) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a tributary of the Indigirka. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, ...

and the Allaikha River, as well as the Khroma —with the Uryung-Ulakh, the Kyuyol-Yuryakh, Bogdashkina and Gusinaya in the far northern end, flow through the district. Lake Soluntakh is one of the largest in the district.

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Allaikhovsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the

in the

(inhabited locality) of Chokurdakh) and five rural okrugs (''naslegs''), all of which comprise six

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. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Allaikhovsky Municipal District. The Settlement of Chokurdakh is incorporated into an urban settlement, four rural okrugs are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district, and the territory of the fifth rural okrug is managed by the municipal district as inter-settlement territory.Law #173-Z #354-III The urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Inhabited localities

Economy

The main forms of business are reindeer husbandry, fishing, and fur trade. There are deposits of tin and gold in the district.Yakutiatravel.com
Information about Allaikhovsky District

Demographics

As of the 2010 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 ...

: 39.1% *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 31.8% *

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 ...

: 20.1% *

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 ...

: 2.6% *

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

: 1.7% *

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 Ev ...

: 1.2% *

Buryats The Buryats ( bua, Буряад, Buryaad; mn, Буриад, Buriad) are a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Ya ...

: 0.9% * Chukchi: 0.6% *others: 2.2%

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from in the north to in the south.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Allaikhovsky District
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External links

Map of Allaikhovsky District
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