Nizhnekolymsky District

Nizhnekolymsky District
Нижнеколымский улус
Other transcription(s)
  SakhaАллараа Халыма улууhа
View from Northeast Science Station, Nizhnekolymsky District
Location of Nizhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 71°25′N 136°10′E / 71.417°N 136.167°E / 71.417; 136.167
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
EstablishedMay 20, 1931
Administrative centerChersky
Area
  Total
87,100 km2 (33,600 sq mi)
Population
  Total
4,664
  Density0.054/km2 (0.14/sq mi)
  Urban
61.3%
  Rural
38.7%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions1 Settlements, 3 Rural okrugs
  Inhabited localities1 urban-type settlements, 12 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asNizhnekolymsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
OKTMO ID98637000

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 Soviet census). The population of Chersky accounts for 61.3% of the district's total population.