Nizhny Kuranakh
Нижний Куранах
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| • Yakut | Аллараа Кураанах |
View of Nizhny Kuranakh from the main road
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Location of Nizhny Kuranakh  | |
  Nizhny Kuranakh Location of Nizhny Kuranakh Show map of Russia Nizhny Kuranakh Nizhny Kuranakh (Sakha Republic) Show map of Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 58°49′N 125°31′E / 58.817°N 125.517°E / 58.817; 125.517 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[2] |
| Administrative district | Aldansky District[2] |
| Settlement | Settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh[2] |
| Founded | 1920s |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1950[2] |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,901 |
| • Estimate
(2018)[4]
| 5,251 (−11%) |
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| • Capitalof | Settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh[2] |
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| • Municipal district | Aldansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Urban settlement | Nizhny Kuranakh Urban Settlement[5] |
| • Capitalof | Nizhny Kuranakh Urban Settlement[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00  [6]) |
| Postal code(s)[7] |
678940
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| OKTMOID | 98603170051 |
| 2010 Census | 5,901[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 7,027[9] |
| 1989 Census | 8,190[10] |
| 1979 Census | 6,274[11] |
Nizhny Kuranakh (Russian: Ни́жний Курана́х; Yakut: Аллараа Кураанах, Allaraa Kuraanax) is an urban locality (anurban-type settlement) in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) from Aldan, the administrative center of the district.[2] As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,901.[3]
It was first settled in the 1920s, when gold was discovered and mining activities began.[citation needed] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1950.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh,[1] together with two rural localities, is incorporated within Aldansky District as the Settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Nizhny Kuranakh is incorporated within Aldansky Municipal District as Nizhny Kuranakh Urban Settlement.[5]
Nizhny Kuranakh is located on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, between the towns of Aldan and Tommot. Employment is centered mainly on the nearby open-cut gold mine. Mining company Aldanzoloto maintains its head offices in Nizhny Kuranakh and employs about 80% of its workforce.[12]
