Srednekansky District
administrative and municipal district
Srednekansky District (Russian: Среднека́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Srednekansky Urban Okrug. It is located in the central and northern parts of the oblast. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Seymchan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 3,228, with the population of Seymchan accounting for 87.3% of that number.
Geography
The district borders the Sakha Republic in the north and northwest, Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Severo-Evensky District in the northeast, Omsukchansky District in the east, Khasynsky District in the south, Yagodninsky District in the southwest, and Susumansky District in the west. The area of the district is 91,818.35 square kilometers (35,451.26 sq mi).
The Omolon flows at the northeastern border. The Namyndykan, Seymchan, Buyunda, Korkodon, Bulun, and their tributaries flow across the district.
History
The district was established on August 23, 1931 and had its administrative center in Srednekan.
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