Nizhnekolymsky District
Nizhnekolymsky District
Нижнеколымский улус (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Sakha | Аллараа Халыма улууhа |
View from Northeast Science Station, Nizhnekolymsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Nizhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 71°25′N 136°10′E / 71.417°N 136.167°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Established | May 20, 1931 |
| Administrative center | Chersky |
| Area | |
• Total | 87,100 km2 (33,600 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,664 |
| • Density | 0.0535/km2 (0.139/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 61.3% |
| • Rural | 38.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Settlements, 3 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 12 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 98637000 |
Nizhnekolymsky District (Russian: Нижнеколы́мский улу́с; Yakut: Аллараа Халыма улууһа, romanized: Allaraa Xalıma 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 and borders with Allaikhovsky District in the west, Srednekolymsky District in the south, and with Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the east. The area of the district is 87,100 square kilometers (33,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Chersky. Population: 4,664 (2010 census); 5,932 (2002 Census); 13,692 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Chersky accounts for 61.3% of the district's total population.