Almazny, Sakha Republic

Almasny (Russian Алмазный, Yakut Алмазнай ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Sakha ( Yakutia) with 1527 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The settlement lies on the border of Lena Plateau and Wiljuiplateau, about 800 miles as the crow flies west of the capital Yakutsk Republic, at the mouth of Ireljach in the Wiljui Creek Otschtschugui - Botuobuja.

Almasny belongs to Rajon Mirny, whose administrative center Mirny, it is 20 kilometers southeasterly direction. The settlement includes the districts Beryozovka 11 km west and Novy, 5 km South.

History

The town was founded in 1960, after the discovery of diamond deposits in the area in 1954, founded as a residential settlement for miners. The present district of Nowy was created in 1954. 1962 Almasny was awarded eirner urban-type settlement status. The place name is derived from the Russian word for diamond almas.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and infrastructure

The main industry is the promotion of diamonds from placer deposits in the valley of Ireljach with the help of three special large, semi- stationary dredgers (Russian Draga ).

Almasny is on the road A331 Wiljui that today Mirny and the villages of the middle Wiljui with the Republic capital Yakutsk connects, but will be expanded with the possible inclusion of the road from Mirny after Lensk to the middle Lena as a connection to the südsibirische road network in the Irkutsk Oblast to. Six kilometers west of the town branches from this trunk road Anabar that to Aichal and Udatschny leads to northern diamonds this area, and should be extended at the extreme northwest of the Republic of Sakha to the rivers and Olenjok Anabar.

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