Allaikhovsky District Аллаиховский улус (Russian) Аллайыаха улууhа (Yakut) |
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Location of Allaikhovsky District in the Sakha Republic |
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Coordinates: 70°50′N 146°58′E / 70.833°N 146.967°ECoordinates: 70°50′N 146°58′E / 70.833°N 146.967°E | |
Church in Russkoye Ustye, Allaikhovsky District |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
Administrative structure (as of June 2009) | |
Administrative center | urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh |
Administrative divisions: | |
Settlements | 1 |
Rural okrugs | 5 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Urban-type settlements | 1 |
Rural localities | 6 |
Municipal structure (as of April 2012) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Allaikhovsky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 1 |
Rural settlements | 4 |
Statistics | |
Area (June 2009) | 107,300 km2 (41,400 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 3,050 inhabitants |
• Urban | 77.6% |
• Rural | 22.4% |
Population (January 2016 est.) | 2,682 inhabitants |
Density | 0.03/km2 (0.078/sq mi) |
Time zone | MAGT (UTC+11:00) |
Established | May 20, 1931 |
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2010 Census | 3,050 |
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2002 Census | 3,421 |
1989 Census | 5,218 |
1979 Census | 4,963 |
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.
The district was established on May 20, 1931.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Allaikhovsky District is one of the thirty-four in the republic. It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Chokurdakh) and five rural okrugs (naslegs), all of which comprise six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Allaikhovsky Municipal District. The Settlement of Chokurdakh is incorporated into an urban settlement, four rural okrugs are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district, and the territory of the fifth rural okrug is managed by the municipal district as inter-settlement territory. The urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.