Allaikhovsky District

Allaikhovsky District
Аллаиховский улус (Russian)
Аллайыаха улууhа (Yakut)

Location of Allaikhovsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 70°50′N 146°58′E / 70.833°N 146.967°E / 70.833; 146.967Coordinates: 70°50′N 146°58′E / 70.833°N 146.967°E / 70.833; 146.967
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of June 2009)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Settlements 1
Rural okrugs 5
Inhabited localities:[2]
Urban-type settlements[3] 1
Rural localities 6
Municipal structure (as of April 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Allaikhovsky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[5]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 4
Statistics
Area (June 2009) 107,300 km2 (41,400 sq mi)[2]
Population (2010 Census) 3,050 inhabitants[6]
• Urban 77.6%
• Rural 22.4%
Density 0.03/km2 (0.078/sq mi)[7]
Time zone SRET (UTC+11:00)[8]
Established May 20, 1931[2]
Allaikhovsky District on WikiCommons
Population of Allaikhovsky District
2010 Census 3,050[6]
2002 Census 3,421[9]
1989 Census 5,218[10]
1979 Census 4,963[11]

Allaikhovsky District (Russian: Алла́иховский улу́с; Yakut: Аллайыаха улууһа) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Chokurdakh.[2] 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.[6]

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Allaikhovsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic.[1] 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.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Allaikhovsky Municipal District.[4] 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.[5] The urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[4] district.

Inhabited localities

Administrative[2]/municipal[5] composition
Settlements/Urban settlements Population[6] Inhabited localities in jurisdiction
Chokurdakh
(Чокурдах)		 2,756
Rural okrugs/Rural settlements Population Rural localities in jurisdiction*
Berelekhsky
(Берелехский)		 155
Byyagnyrsky
(Быягнырский)		 117
Russko-Ustinsky
(Русско-Устьинский)		 157
Yukagirsky
(Юкагирский)		 254
Oyotungsky
(Ойотунгский)		 0

*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.[12]

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.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Constitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. ↑ The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Law #172-Z #351-III
  5. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z #354-III
  6. 1 2 3 4 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  8. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  9. ↑ Russian 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  12. ↑ Yakutiatravel.com. Information about Allaikhovsky District

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