Country Russia Settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 Founded 20 May 1931 | Federal subject Sakha Republic Rural okrugs 5 Area 107,300 km² | |
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Administrative center urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh | ||
Allaikhovsky District (Russian: Алла́иховский улу́с; Yakut: Аллайыаха улууһа, Allayıaxa uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic towards the mouth of the Indigirka River and borders with the East Siberian Sea in the north, Nizhnekolymsky District in the east, Srednekolymsky District in the southeast, Abyysky District in the south, and with Ust-Yansky District in the west. The area of the district is 107,300 square kilometers (41,400 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) 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.
Contents
- Map of Allaikhovsky District Sakha Republic Russia
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Inhabited localities
- Economy
- Demographics
- Climate
- References
Map of Allaikhovsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia
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 administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Chokurdakh) and five rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise six rural localities. 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. The urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Inhabited localities
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
Economy
The main forms of business are reindeer husbandry, fishing, and fur trade. There are deposits of tin and gold in the district.
Demographics
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
Climate
Average January temperature ranges from −32 to −38 °C (−26 to −36 °F) and average July temperature ranges from +4 °C (39 °F) in the north to +12 °C (54 °F) in the south.