Aldansky District
# Aldansky District

Aldansky District (Russian: Алда́нский улу́с; Yakut: Алдан улууһа, Aldan uluuha, IPA:) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

## Location

It is located in the south 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 with Olyokminsky District in the west and southwest.

## Geography

The area of the district is 156,800 square kilometers (60,500 sq mi). Its area is larger than the country of Bangladesh. Its administrative center is the town of Aldan.

## Population

As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 42,632, with the population of Aldan accounting for 49.9% of that number.

## Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous, dominated mainly by the Aldan Highlands. The northern end of the district is in the Lena Plateau.

### Climate

Average January temperature ranges from −36 °C (−33 °F) to −30 °C (−22 °F) and average July temperature ranges from +10 °C (50 °F) to +18 °C (64 °F). Average precipitation varies from 300 millimeters (12 in) in the north to 600 millimeters (24 in) in the south.

## History

The district was established on May 5, 1930.

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aldansky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into two towns (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the towns (inhabited localities) of Aldan and Tommot), four settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Bezymyanny, Lebediny, Leninsky, and Nizhny Kuranakh), and three rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise thirteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Aldansky Municipal District. Within the municipal district, the Town of Aldan is incorporated into Aldan Urban Settlement, the Town of Tommot and the Settlement of Bezymyanny are incorporated into Tommot Urban Settlement, the Settlements of Lebediny and Leninsky are incorporated into Leninsky Urban Settlement, the Settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh is incorporated into Nizhny Kuranakh Urban Settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements. The town of Aldan serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

### Inhabited localities

Administrative/municipal composition :

| Towns/Urban settlements | Population | Inhabited localities in municipal jurisdiction |
| - | - | - |
| Aldan (Алдан) | 21,529 | town of Aldan (administrative center of the district) selo of Orochen 2-y selo of Bolshoy Nimnyr |
| Tommot (Томмот) | 8,695 | town of Tommot urban-type settlement of Bezymyanny (administratively, a part of the Settlement of Bezymyanny) selo of Verkhnyaya Amga selo of Ulu selo of Yllymakh |
| Settlements/Urban settlements | Population | Inhabited localities in municipal jurisdiction |
| Leninsky (Ленинский) | 3,051 | urban-type settlement of Leninsky urban-type settlement of Lebediny (administratively, a part of the Settlement of Lebediny) selo of Orochen 1-y (administratively, a part of the Settlement of Lebediny) selo of Yakokut |
| Nizhny Kuranakh (Нижний Куранах) | 6,806 | urban-type settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh selo of Verkhny Kuranakh selo of Yakokit |
| Rural okrugs/Rural settlements | Population | Rural localities in jurisdiction |
| Anaminsky (Анаминский) | 573 | selo of Kutana |
| Belletsky (Беллетский) | 1,760 | selo of Khatystyr selo of Ugoyan |
| Chagdinsky (Чагдинский) | 218 | selo of Chagda |

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

## Economy

The economy of the district is based mostly on mining, although the production of building materials, wood processing, and food industry also have presence. There are deposits of gold, silver, platinum, molybdenum, granite, marble, and other minerals in the district.

## Demographics

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:

* Russians: 84.4%
* Evenks: 5.9%
* Yakuts: 3.4%
* Ukrainians: 1.3%
* Armenians: 0.7%
* Tatars: 0.6%
* others: 3.7%
