Nizhnekolymsky District (; ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Allaikhovsky District in the west, Srednekolymsky District in the south, and with Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the east. The area of the district is .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Chersky. Population: 5,932 (2002 Census); The population of Chersky accounts for 61.3% of the district's total population.
Geography The district is washed by the East Siberian Sea in the north. The main river in the district is the Kolyma. Other rivers include the Alazeya, its tributary Rossokha, and the Chukochya. There are many lakes in the district, among them Lake Nerpichye, Lake Chukochye, Lake Bolshoye Morskoye, and Lake Ilyrgyttyn. Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is located in the district.
Climate Average January temperature ranges from in the north to in the south and average July temperature ranges from in the north to in the south.Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Nizhnekolymsky District Annual precipitation is .
History The district was established on May 20, 1931.
Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Russians: 39.7% Yakuts: 17.6% Evens: 14.7% Chukchi: 12.2% Yukaghir: 10.0% Ukrainians: 1.5% Tatars: 1.0 others: 3.3%
Economy The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture and fishing.
Inhabited localities + Municipal compositionUrban settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionChersky()28571332 (46.6%)1525 (53.4%)urban-type settlement of Chersky (administrative center of the district) selo of PetushkiRural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Rural National Yukagir Settlement of "Olerinsky Suktul"()741369 (49.8%)372 (50.2%)selo of AndryushkinoPokhodsky Nasleg()255134 (52.5%)121 (47.5%)''selo of Pokhodskselo of Ambarchik selo of Dve Viski selo of Yermolovo selo of Krestovaya selo of Mikhalkino selo of Nizhnekolymsk selo of Timkino selo of Chukochya |- |valign="top"|Khalarchinsky Nasleg() |align="center"|811 |align="center"|396 (48.8%) |align="center"|415 (51.2%) |selo'' of Kolymskoye Divisional source:Nizhnekolymsky Ulus (Raion) Official website of the Sakha Republic
*Administrative centers are shown in bold
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