Srednekolymsky District

The Srednekolymski ulus (Russian Среднеколымский улус, also Среднеколымский район, rajon Srednekolymski; Yakut Орто Халыма улууһа, Orto Chalyma uluuha ) is one of the 34 Ulusse ( Rajons ) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia ) in the north of the Russian Far East Federal District. It lies north of the Arctic Circle in the north- east of the country inland, south of the Nischnekolymski ulus and north of Werchnekolymski ulus. To the east it borders the Chukchi Autonomous District of the Magadan Oblast and the. The name of the Ulus and its administrative center Srednekolymsk refer to the location on the middle reaches of the Kolyma River (Russian Srednjaja Kolyma ).

Geography

The Ulus has an area of about 125,200 km ², more than a third the size of Germany. To the west of the Ulus is the headwaters of the Alaseja, the east is drained by the Kolyma. The course of the river Kolyma and the area on her left, so the northwest shore is flat and is part of the East Siberian lowlands. Right, so the land south-east of the river is hilly and is part of the Jukagirenplateau.

The vegetation consists mostly of tundra.

Demography

The population had nearly doubled from 1939 to 1989 and has since fallen back slightly. Thus, their variations with the same tendency was lower than in neighboring Ulussen:

The population is, with a slightly increasing tendency to about seven-eighths of indigenous ethnicities.

Communities

The Ulus consists of 10 municipalities, referred to in the Republic of Sakha as Nasleg, it is the county seat and 9 area churches.

In the following list are led by the Yakut, behind Russian Name or German translation, both in transliteration and Cyrillic. Where only a population is specified, it is from the year 2007: