Nizhny Kuranach

Urban-type settlement Nizhny Kuranach Нижний Куранах ( Russian ) Аллараа Кураанах ( Yakut ) Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Aldan Founded 1947 Urban-type settlement since 1950 population 5901 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 370  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41145 Post Code 678940 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 203 570 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 49 '  N , 125 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 49 '15 "  N , 125 ° 31' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Nizhny Kuranach ( Russian Ни́жний Курана́х ; Yakut Аллараа Кураанах ) is an urban-type settlement in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia with 5901 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 425 km as the crow flies south-southwest of the republic capital Yakutsk in the northern part of the Aldan highlands . It is located on the river Bolshoi Kuranach (Great Kuranach), which flows a few kilometers north into the Seligdar; this in turn flows about 25 km north to the Aldan .

Nizhny Kuranach belongs to the Aldansky Rajon and is located 25 km north-northeast of its administrative center, the city of Aldan . The settlement is the seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Nizhny Kuranach, which also includes the villages Jakokit (20 km northeast) and Verkhny Kuranach (7 km south).

history

The settlement was established in 1947 in connection with the development of gold deposits along the rivers in the area. Since 1950 Nizhny Kuranach has had the status of an urban-type settlement. The place name means Lower Kuranach in relation to the river, in contrast to the village of Verkhni Kuranach, Upper Kuranach; the name Kuranach itself is of Evenkian origin and stands for "dry (arid) spring".

Population development

year	Residents
1959	4915
1970	6402
1979	6274
1989	8190
2002	7027
2010	5901

Note: census data

traffic

To the southeast, Nizhny Kuranach is bypassed by the A360 Lena from Newer to Nizhny Bestjach near Jakutsk (previously M56 , number still in use until 2017).

To the south of the settlement, at km 326 (from Berkakit ), there is also the Kuranach train station on the Amur-Yakut Magistrale (AJaM), which connects the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal-Amur Magistrale (BAM) with the Yakut capital. The route, which was opened continuously in 2013, had already reached Nizhny Kuranach in the mid-1990s.

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)