Aldan
Алдан | |
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Town under district jurisdiction[1] | |
Other transcription(s) | |
• Yakut | Алдан |
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. | ±% |
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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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