Megino-Aldan

Megino-Aldan (Russian: Мегино-Алдан; Yakut: Мэҥэ Алдан, Meŋe Aldan) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Megino-Aldansky Rural Okrug of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 65 kilometers (40 mi) from Khandyga, the administrative center of the district.^[1] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,020,^[2][3] down from 1,075 recorded during the 2002 Census.^[1] It is located by the Aldan, opposite the mouth of the Tompo.^[7]

Megino-Aldan Мегино-Алдан
Selo[1]
Location of Megino-Aldan
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Coordinates: 62°41′N 134°38′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Tomponsky District[1]
Rural okrug	Megino-Aldansky Rural Okrug[1]
Population  (2010 Census)[2][3]
• Total	1,020
Administrative status
• Capital of	Megino-Aldansky Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Tomponsky Municipal District[4]
• Rural settlement	Megino-Aldansky Rural Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Megino-Aldansky Rural Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	678725
OKTMO ID	98650415101

References

Notes

1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). 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.
3. This figure is given for Megino-Aldansky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Tomponsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Megino-Aldan is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation.
4. Law #173-Z 353-III
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. Google Earth

Sources

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Tomponsky District. (in Russian)
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).