Srednekansky District
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Srednekansky District (Russian: Среднека́нский райо́н) is a district (raion) in Magadan Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the work settlement of Seymchan. Area: 91,818.35 km².[1] District's population: 5,461 (2002 Census);).[2] 16,594 (1989 Census).
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[edit] Geography
The district borders with the following areas: [1][3]
- Sakha Republic in the north and north-west;
- Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Severo-Evensky District of Magandan Oblast in the north-east;
- Omsukchansky District of Magandan Oblast in the east;
- Khasynsky District of Magandan Oblast in the south;
- Yagodinsky District of Magandan Oblast in the south-west;
- Susumansky District of Magandan Oblast in the west.
[edit] Economy
The main industries of the district are gold, silver, tin, cobalt, bismuth, wolfram, lead, zinc, and coal mining. In addition, under the protection of the mountain ranges, the area in the valley of Kolyma River lends itself for agricultural production.
[edit] Composition
- Work settlement of Seymchan, administrative center of the district, located 500 km from Magadan
- Selo of Balygychan
- Selo of Kolymskoye
- Selo of Ust-Srednekan
- Selo of Verkhny Seymchan
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Charter of the Municipal Formation of Srednekansky District of Magadan Oblast, adopted on March 19, 1999 with amendments introduced on May 4, 2001
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов — районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, federal subjects within federal districts of Russia, districts, urban settlements, rural localities—district centers, and rural localities with populations of over three thousand) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ Borders of Srednekansky District (Russian)
