Eldikan
| Eldikan (English) Эльдикан (Russian) Элдьикээн (Sakha) | |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Ust-Maysky District[citation needed] |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 1,515 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+10:00)[2] |
| Founded | 1941[citation needed] |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1948[citation needed] |
Eldikan (Russian: Эльдикан, Sakha: Элдьикээн) is an urban locality (a settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Aldan River, 64 kilometers (40 mi) northeast of Ust-Maya, the administrative center of the district. Population: 1,515 (2010 Census);[1] 2,199 (2002 Census);[3] 2,963 (1989 Census).[4]
History
It was established in 1941 as a river port, as a base for the developing gold mining activities on the Yudoma and Allakh-Yun rivers. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1948, and it was made administrative centre of the Allakh-Yunsky District. It lost this role again in 1953 with the merger of the district back into the Ust-Maysky District.
Economy and infrastructure
Eldikan serves as an important distribution center for the district's gold mining industry, and as an energy center. Agricultural products produced here include vegetables, pigs, horses, cows, potatoes, cabbage, and fish.[5]
Eldikan is connected via a more than 300 km long road with Yugoryonok on the Yudoma River, with side roads connecting with the various mining settlements in the area. The settlement itself however remains only connected to the outside world by ship on the Aldan River during the ice-free period, or via an ice road along the frozen river in winter. There is also a winter road along the Aldan to Ust-Maya and a further 300 km onwards to Amga, from which an all-weather road connects to Nizhny Bestyakh near the republic's capital of Yakutsk.
A new year-round road is planned which will connect Eldikan with the settlement of Khandyga on the Kolyma Highway. The first section, to Dzhebariki-Khaya began construction in 2009.
The settlement's small airport is no longer in regular use.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ "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, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Sergey Zhomir. "About our Eldikane (Basic information)". Our Eldikan. Retrieved 2011-07-28.