Aldan
Алдан | |
|---|---|
Town under district jurisdiction[1] | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Алдан |
 Aldan railway station | |
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Location of Aldan  | |
  Aldan Location of Aldan  Aldan Aldan (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 58°37′N 125°25′E / 58.617°N 125.417°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Aldansky District[1] |
| Town | Aldan[1] |
| Founded | 1923[2] |
| Town status since | 1939 |
| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 21,275 |
| • Estimate (January 2016)[4] | 20,892 |
| • Capital of | Aldansky District,[1] Town of Aldan[1] |
| • Municipal district | Aldansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Urban settlement | Aldan Urban Settlement[5] |
| • Capital of | Aldansky Municipal District,[6] Aldan Urban Settlement[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00  [7]) |
| Postal code(s)[8] | 678900–678902, 678906, 678909 |
| OKTMO ID | 98603101001 |
Aldan (Russian: Алдан, IPA: [ɐlˈdan]; Yakut: Алдан) is a gold-mining town (the gorod) and the administrative center of Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Aldan Highlands, in the Aldan River basin, on the stream Orto-Sala near its mouth in the Seligdar River, about 470 kilometers (290 mi) south of the republic's capital of Yakutsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 21,275.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 14,022 | — |
| 1959 | 12,358 | −11.9% |
| 1970 | 17,689 | +43.1% |
| 1979 | 20,173 | +14.0% |
| 1989 | 27,090 | +34.3% |
| 2002 | 24,715 | −8.8% |
| 2010 | 21,275 | −13.9% |
| 2021 | 21,590 | +1.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
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- ^ Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года Archived September 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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