Nizhnekolymsky District
| Nizhnekolymsky District Нижнеколымский улус (Russian) Аллараа Халыма улууhа (Sakha) |
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 Location of Nizhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic |
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| Coordinates: 71°25′N 136°10′E / 71.417°N 136.167°ECoordinates: 71°25′N 136°10′E / 71.417°N 136.167°E | |
 View from Northeast Science Station, Nizhnekolymsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2009) | |
| Administrative center | settlement of Chersky |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Settlements | 1 |
| Rural okrugs | 3 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 12 |
| Municipal structure (as of December 2008) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Nizhnekolymsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (June 2009) | 87,100 km2 (33,600 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 4,664 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 61.3% |
| • Rural | 38.7% |
| Density | 0.05/km2 (0.13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MAGT (UTC+11:00) |
| Established | May 20, 1931 |
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Nizhnekolymsky District (Russian: Нижнеколы́мский улу́с; Yakut: Аллараа Халыма улууһа, 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 Census). The population of Chersky accounts for 61.3% of the district's total population.
The district is washed by the East Siberian Sea in the north. The main river in the district is the Kolyma. Other rivers include the Alazeya and the Chukochya. There are many lakes in the district, among them Lake Nerpichye, Lake Chukochye, Lake Bolshoye Morshoye, and Lake Ilyrgyttyn.
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