Aldan (city)

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city
Aldan
Алдан ( Russian )
Алдан ( Yakut )
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Federal district far East
republic Sakha (Yakutia)
Ulus Aldan
Founded 1923
Earlier names Nesametny (until 1939)
City since 1939
surface 33  km²
population 21,275 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 645 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 650  m
Time zone UTC + 9
Telephone code (+7) 41145
Post Code 678900-678906
License Plate 14th
OKATO 98 203 501
Geographical location
Coordinates 58 ° 37 '  N , 125 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 37 '0 "  N , 125 ° 24' 0"  E
Aldan (City) (Russia)
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Situation in Russia
Aldan (City) (Republic of Sakha)
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Location in the Sakha Republic
List of cities in Russia

Aldan ( Yakut and Russian Алдан ) is a city in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia with 21,275 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Aldan is located in the Aldan highlands , about 470 km southwest of the republic capital Yakutsk on the Orto-Sala river , which flows into the right Aldan tributary, Seligdar . From the Aldan River itself, the city is about 30 km away.

The city of Aldan is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name (Ulus).

Aldan is a railway station on the Amur-Yakut main line leading from the Baikal-Amur main line to Tommot (continuation to Yakutsk under construction). The city is also on the M56 ( Lena ) highway , which connects Newer on the Trans-Siberian Railway with Yakutsk, and it also has an airport.

history

Aldan was founded in 1923 after the discovery of rich gold deposits by the Yakut gold prospector M. Tarabukin and the head of the gold prospector W. Bertin as a settlement with a mine on the Nesametny stream (Russian: Незаме́тный for inconspicuous, hidden ). In 1939 the place received its town charter under its current name.

Population development

year Residents
1939 14,022
1959 12,358
1970 17,689
1979 20.173
1989 27,090
2002 24,715
2010 21,275

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Aldan has a local museum.

economy

Aldan is the center of the southern Yakut mining region with gold and mica production . There are also companies for metalworking as well as the wood and building materials industry.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

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