Neryungrinsky District


Neryungrinsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is the southernmost district of Sakha and borders Aldansky District in the north, Olyokminsky District in the west and northwest, Amur Oblast and a small area of Zabaykalsky Krai in the south, and Khabarovsk Krai in the east. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the town of Neryungri. Population :

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. The main river in the district is the Aldan with its tributaries the Timpton and the Chulman. The largest lake is Lake Bolshoye Toko.

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from to and average July temperature ranges from to. Annual precipitation is.

History

The district was established on November 6, 1975.

Demographics

As of the 1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
There are deposits of gold, coal, iron ore, molybdenum, and construction materials in the district.

Administrative divisions

The district includes seven municipal divisions, covering a total of nine inhabited locations.
Towns / CitiesPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdiction
Neryungri Urban Okrug
61,74729,674 32,073
Urban settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdiction
Berkakit Urban Okrug
4,2912,036 2.255
  • Urban-type settlement of Berkakit
    • Zolotinka Urban Okrug
    		620304 316
  • Urban-type settlement of Zolotinka
  • Urban-type settlement of Nagorny
    • Serebryany Bor Urban Okrug
    		4,1632,034 2,129
  • Urban-type settlement of Serebryany Bor
    • Khani Urban Okrug
    		764407 357
  • Urban-type settlement of Khani
    • Chulman Urban Okrug
    		10,0774,722 5,355
  • Urban-type settlement of Chulman
  • selo of Bolshoy Khatymi
    • Rural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*
    Iyengirinsky Nasleg
    		1,104516 588
  • selo of Iyengra
    • Divisional source: