Nizhnekolymsky District

Nizhnekolymsky District
Нижнеколымский улус
Other transcription(s)
 • SakhaАллараа Халыма улууhа
View from Northeast Science Station, Nizhnekolymsky District
View from Northeast Science Station, Nizhnekolymsky District
Coat of arms of Nizhnekolymsky District
Map
Location of Nizhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 71°25′N 136°10′E / 71.417°N 136.167°E / 71.417; 136.167
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
EstablishedMay 20, 1931[2]
Administrative centerChersky[3]
Area
 • Total
87,100 km2 (33,600 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
4,664
 • Density0.054/km2 (0.14/sq mi)
 • Urban
61.3%
 • Rural
38.7%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Settlements, 3 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[3]1 Urban-type settlements[5], 12 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asNizhnekolymsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[7]1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID98637000

Nizhnekolymsky District (Russian: Нижнеколы́мский улу́с; Yakut: Аллараа Халыма улууһа, Allaraa Xalıma uluuha) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Allaikhovsky District in the west, Srednekolymsky District in the south, and with Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the east. The area of the district is 87,100 square kilometers (33,600 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Chersky.[3] Population: 4,664 (2010 Census);[4] 5,932 (2002 Census);[9] 13,692 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Chersky accounts for 61.3% of the district's total population.[4]

  1. ^ a b Constitution of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SEPM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  4. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  6. ^ a b Law #172-Z #351-III
  7. ^ Law #173-Z #354-III
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.