Zolotinka Explained

En Name:Zolotinka
Ru Name:Золотинка
Loc Name1:Золотинка
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:56.5167°N 175°W
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Neryungrinsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Settlement of Zolotinka
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of1:Settlement of Zolotinka
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Neryungrinsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Zolotinka Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Zolotinka Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:552
Established Date:mid-1970s
Current Cat Date:1977
Postal Codes:678997
Zolotinka population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:552
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:566
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:1,065
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:5,377

Zolotinka (Russian: link=no|Золотинка; Yakut: Золотинка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 73km (45miles) from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district,[1] in the southern reaches of the Aldan Highlands, on the Kholodnikan River, close to where it flows into the Iyengra, a tributary of the Timpton. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 552.

Etymology

The name "Zolotinka", which literally means a gold flake in Russian, refers to the gold reserves found in the area.

History

Zolotinka was founded in the mid-1970s in conjunction with the construction of the railway linking the Baikal–Amur Mainline to the town of Neryungri. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1977. With the completion of the railway, and gold mining activities not as successful as it had been hoped, the majority of inhabitants left during the 1980s.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Zolotinka[2] is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Zolotinka. As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Zolotinka and the Settlement of Nagorny are incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Zolotinka Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

Zolotinka has a railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Zolotinka is the administrative center of the Settlement of Zolotinka.
  3. Law #173-Z 353-III