Eldikan
Encyclopedia
Eldikan is an urban locality (a settlement
) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Aldan River
, 64 kilometres (39.8 mi) northeast of Ust-Maya
, the administrative center of the district
. Population:
It was established in 1941 as a river port
. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1948. Eldikan serves as an important distribution center for the district's gold mining
industry, and as an energy center. Agricultural
products produced here include vegetables, pigs, horses, cows, potatoes, cabbage, and fish.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the right bank of the Aldan River
Aldan River
The Aldan River is the second-longest tributary of the Lena River in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. The river is 2,273 km long, of which around 1,600 km is navigable. It was part of the River Route to Okhotsk...
, 64 kilometres (39.8 mi) northeast of Ust-Maya
Ust-Maya
Ust-Maya is an urban locality and the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located at the confluence of the Maya and Aldan Rivers, southeast of Yakutsk. Population:...
, the administrative center of the district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
. Population:
It was established in 1941 as a river port
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1948. Eldikan serves as an important distribution center for the district's gold mining
Gold mining
Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...
industry, and as an energy center. Agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
products produced here include vegetables, pigs, horses, cows, potatoes, cabbage, and fish.