Aldansky District
| Aldansky District Алданский улус (Russian) Алдан улууһа (Yakut) |
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 Location of Aldansky District in the Sakha Republic |
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| Coordinates: 58°40′N 125°21′E / 58.667°N 125.350°ECoordinates: 58°40′N 125°21′E / 58.667°N 125.350°E | |
 A bridge across the Aldan River in Tommot, Aldansky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2009) | |
| Administrative center | town of Aldan |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Towns under district jurisdiction | 2 |
| Settlements | 4 |
| Rural okrugs | 3 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 2 |
| Urban-type settlements | 4 |
| Rural localities | 13 |
| Municipal structure (as of December 2008) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Aldansky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 4 |
| Rural settlements | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (June 2009) | 156,800 km2 (60,500 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 42,632 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 89.5% |
| • Rural | 10.5% |
| Population (January 2016 est.) | 40,431 inhabitants |
| Density | 0.27/km2 (0.70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Established | May 5, 1930 |
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| 2010 Census | 42,632 |
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| 2002 Census | 49,346 |
| 1989 Census | 63,812 |
| 1979 Census | 53,207 |
Aldansky District (Russian: Алда́нский улу́с; Yakut: Алдан улууһа, Aldan uluuha, IPA: [aldan uluːha]) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. 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. The area of the district is 156,800 square kilometers (60,500 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Aldan. 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.
The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous.
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.
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