Tomponsky District
Tomponsky District (; , Tompo uluuha) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with Momsky District in the northeast, Oymyakonsky District in the east, Ust-Maysky District in the southeast, Tattinsky District in the southwest, Ust-Aldansky and Kobyaysky Districts in the west, and with Verkhoyansky District in the north and northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Khandyga. Population:  15,275 (2002 Census);  The population of Khandyga accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population. Geography
The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. Its main rivers include the Aldan, the Tompo, Adycha, Nelgese, Derbeke and the Khandyga. Emanda is a lake located on the Yana Plateau, in the northern part of the district. Climate
Average January temperature ranges from  and average July temperature ranges from . Annual precipitation is . History
The district was established on May 20, 1931. Demographics
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
Yakuts: 44.3%
Russians: 38.2%
Evens: 10.3%
Ukrainians: 1.4%
other ethnicities: 5.8%

Economy
The economy of the district is based on mining, production of construction materials, and agriculture. There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold, silver, coal, gypsum, marble, and other minerals. Inhabited localities

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*Administrative centers are shown in bold

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