Verkhnekolymsky 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 Srednekolymsky District in the north and northeast, Srednekansky District and Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast in the east and south, Momsky District in the west, and with Abyysky District in the northwest. 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 Zyryanka. Population: 5,653 (2002 Census); The population of Zyryanka accounts for 67.1% of the district's total population.

Geography The main rivers of the district are the Kolyma River and its tributaries. Most of the territory of the district is part of the Kolyma lowland. The Yukaghir Plateau, reaching a maximum height of at Mount Chubukulakh, rises in the east and some eastern foothills of the Chersky Range to the west, such as the Arga-Tas in the southwest and the Osalin Range in the northwest.Google Earth

Climate Average January temperature is and average July temperature ranges from to . Annual precipitation ranges from .

History The district was established on April 30, 1954.

Demographics As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows: Russians: 45.6% Yakuts: 29.1% Evens: 8.7% Yukaghirs: 8.3% Ukrainians: 2.1% Tajiks: 1.4% other ethnicities: 4.8%

Inhabited localities + Municipal compositionTownsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionZyryanka()35281668 (47.3%)1860 (52.7%)Urban-type settlement of Zyryanka (administrative center of the district)Rural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Arylakhsky Nasleg()499254 (50.9%)245 (49.1%)selo of Usun-KyuyolVerkhnekolymsky Nasleg()365166 (45.5%)199 (54.5%)''selo of Verkhnekolymsk|- |valign="top"|Nelemninsky National Nasleg() |align="center"|262 |align="center"|145 (55.3%) |align="center"|117 (44.7%) |selo of Nelemnoye |- |valign="top"|Ugolninsky Nasleg() |align="center"|329 |align="center"|176 (53.5%) |align="center"|153 (46.5%) |selo of Ugolnoye|- |valign="top"|Utainsky Nasleg() |align="center"|98 |align="center"|57 (58.2%) |align="center"|41 (41.8%) |selo'' of Utaya Divisional source:Verkhnekolymsky Ulus (Raion) Official website of the Sakha Republic

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

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