Tomponsky District
En nameTomponsky District
Ru nameТомпонский улус
Loc name 1Томпо улууhа
Loc lang 1Sakha
Coordinates62°39′12″N 135°33′33″E
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Adm ctr nameKhandyga
No of urban-type settlements of district significance2
No of urban-type settlements2
No of rural localities12
Mun formation 1Tomponsky Municipal District
Mun formation1 no of urban settlements2
Mun formation1 no of rural settlements7
Area135800 km²
Pop 2010census14099
Urban pop 2010census59.1%
Rural pop 2010census40.9%
Established dateMay 20, 1931
Websitehttps://mr-tomponskij.sakha.gov.ru/

Tomponsky District (Russian: Томпонский улу́с; sah: Томпо улууһа, Tompo uluuha) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with Momsky District in the northeast, Oymyakonsky District in the east, Ust-Maysky District in the southeast, Tattinsky District in the southwest, Ust-Aldansky and Kobyaysky Districts in the west, and with Verkhoyansky District in the north and northwest. The area of the district is 135,800 square kilometers (52,400 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Khandyga.[3] Population: 15,275 (2002 Census);[4] The population of Khandyga accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
197013,205—
197918,004+36.3%
198922,844+26.9%
200215,275−33.1%
201014,099−7.7%
202111,241−20.3%

Source: Census data

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. Its main rivers include the Aldan, the Tompo, Adycha, Nelgese, Derbeke and the Khandyga. Emanda is a lake located on the Yana Plateau, in the northern part of the district.[6]

Climate

Average January temperature ranges from −38 to −42 °C (−36 to −44 °F) and average July temperature ranges from 10 to 17 °C (50 to 63 °F).[7] Annual precipitation is 250–300 millimeters (9.8–11.8 in).[7]

History

The district was established on May 20, 1931.[7]

Demographics

As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:[8]

Economy

The economy of the district is based on mining, production of construction materials, and agriculture.[7] There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold, silver, coal, gypsum, marble, and other minerals.[7]

Inhabited localities

Municipal composition
Urban settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdiction
Dzhebariki-Khaya
(Джебарики-Хая)		1694844 (49.8%)850 (50.2%)
Khandyga
(Хандыга)		66383326 (49.8%)3312 (50.2%)
  • Urban-type settlement of Khandyga (administrative centre of the district)
Rural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*
Bayagantaysky Nasleg
(Баягантайский наслег)		1823884 (48.5%)939 (51.5%)
Megino-Aldansky Nasleg
(Мегино-Алданский наслег)		1020490 (48.0%)530 (52.0%)
Okhot-Perevozovsky Nasleg
(Охот-Перевозовский наслег)		14270 (49.3%)72 (50.7%)
Sasylsky Nasleg
(Сасыльский наслег)		555275 (49.5%)280 (50.5%)
Teploklyuchevsky Nasleg
(Теплоключевский наслег)		887447 (50.4%)440 (49.6%)
Tomponsky National Nasleg
(Томпонский национальный наслег)		915458 (50.1%)457 (49.9%)
Ynginsky Nasleg
(Ынгинский наслег)		425217 (51.1%)208 (48.9%)

Divisional source:[9]
Population source:[5]
*Administrative centers are shown in bold

References

Notes

  1. ^ Constitution of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ Law #172-Z #351-III
  3. ^ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  4. ^
  5. ^ 2010Census
  6. ^ Ученые будут изучать озеро Еманда в Томпонском улусе Якутии
  7. ^ Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Tomponsky District Archived September 21, 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  9. ^ Tomponsky Ulus (Raion) Official website of the Sakha Republic