Allaikhovsky District

Allaikhovsky District
Аллаиховский улус (Russian)
Other transcription(s)
 • YakutАллайыаха улууhа
Church in Russkoye Ustye, Allaikhovsky District
Location of Allaikhovsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 70°50′N 146°58′E / 70.833°N 146.967°E / 70.833; 146.967
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
EstablishedMay 20, 1931
Administrative centerChokurdakh
Area
 • Total
107,300 km2 (41,400 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
3,050
 • Estimate 
(January 2016)
2,682
 • Density0.0284/km2 (0.0736/sq mi)
 • Urban
77.6%
 • Rural
22.4%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Settlements, 5 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities1 urban-type settlements, 6 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asAllaikhovsky Municipal District
 • Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+11 (UTC+11:00 )
OKTMO ID98606000
Websitehttps://mr-allaihovskij.sakha.gov.ru/
Population of Allaikhovsky District
2010 Census3,050
2002 Census3,421
1989 Census5,218
1979 Census4,963

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.