Susumansky District ( Russian : Сусума́нский райо́н ) is an administrative district ( raion ), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast , Russia . As a municipal division , it is incorporated as Susumansky Urban Okrug . It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders the Sakha Republic in the west and north, Srednekansky District in the east, and Yagodninsky and Tenkinsky Districts in the south. The area of the district is 46,800 square kilometers (18,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Susuman . As of the 2010 Census , the total population of the district was 9,015, with the population of Susuman accounting for 65.0% of that number.
5-462: The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. The Nera Plateau and the Tas-Kystabyt are located in the northwestern part of the district. The district was established on December 2, 1953. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Susumansky District is one of the eight in the oblast. The town of Susuman serves as its administrative center . As a municipal division ,
10-708: The Ayan-Yuryakh , one of the rivers that form the Kolyma , and the Byoryolyokh , an Ayan Yuryakh tributary. The plateau is limited by ranges of the Chersky mountain system to the northeast, the Upper Kolyma Highlands to the southeast and the Tas-Kystabyt (Sarychev Range) to the southwest. The average elevations of the plateau surface lie between 700 metres (2,300 ft) and 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). The highest summit
15-457: The 2000s. The severe climate and poorly developed infrastructure are partly to blame, but the difficult transition from Soviet times has led to the collapse of a number of companies with the result that many inhabitants have left the region . Nera Plateau The Nera Plateau (Russian: Нерское плоскогорье , Yakut : Ньара хаптал хайалаах сирэ ) is a mountain plateau in the southeastern Sakha Republic ( Oymyakon District ) and
20-411: The district has been incorporated as Susumansky Urban Okrug since May 1, 2015. Prior to that date, the district was incorporated as Susumansky Municipal District , which was subdivided into three urban settlements and one rural settlement. The main industries in the district are gold and coal mining. Despite being rich in natural resources, the district economy suffered in the first decades of
25-619: The northwestern end of Magadan Oblast ( Susumansky District ), Far Eastern Federal District , Russia. The Ust-Nera - Magadan tract of the R504 Kolyma Highway crosses the plateau from northwest to southeast. There are gold placers in certain spots of the Nera Plateau. The Nera Plateau is at the source area of the Nera River , a tributary of the Indigirka . Other rivers on it are
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