Aldansky Ulus
Encyclopedia
Aldansky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion
, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia
. It is located in the southern part of the republic on the right bank of the Lena River
near the mouth of the Aldan River
and borders with Khangalassky and Amginsky Districts in the north, Ust-Maysky District in the northeast, Khabarovsk Krai
in the east, Neryungrinsky District
in the south, and Olyokminsky District in the west and southwest. The area of the district is 157000 square kilometres (60,618 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Aldan
. District's population: 49,346 (2002 Census
); Population of Aldan accounts for 49.9% of the district's population.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is located in the southern part of the republic on the right bank of the Lena River
Lena River
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean . It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed...
near the mouth of the Aldan River
Aldan River
The Aldan River is the second-longest tributary of the Lena River in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. The river is 2,273 km long, of which around 1,600 km is navigable. It was part of the River Route to Okhotsk...
and borders with Khangalassky and Amginsky Districts in the north, Ust-Maysky District in the northeast, Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Russian Far East. It lies mostly in the basin of the lower Amur River, but also occupies a vast mountainous area along the coastline of the Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. The administrative center of the krai is the...
in the east, Neryungrinsky District
Neryungrinsky District
Neryungrinsky District is an administrative and municipal district in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population:...
in the south, and Olyokminsky District in the west and southwest. The area of the district is 157000 square kilometres (60,618 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Aldan
Aldan, Russia
Aldan is a gold-mining town and the administrative center of Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population: -Geography:Aldan is situated in the Aldan highlands, about south of the republic's capital of Yakutsk in the Aldan River basin, on the stream Orto-Sala near its mouth in the...
. District's population: 49,346 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); Population of Aldan accounts for 49.9% of the district's population.
