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Bilibinsky District
Summary
Bilibinsky District (Били́бинский райо́н; Билибинкэн район, Bilibinkèn rajon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west of the autonomous okrug and borders with Chaunsky District in the northeast, Anadyrsky District in the east, Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai in the southeast, Magadan Oblast in the southwest, and the Sakha Republic in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Bilibino. Population: The population of Bilibino accounts for 74.8% of the district's total population.
Archeological finds indicate that the territory of what is now Bilibinsky District was first inhabited in the early Neolithic. Following the establishment of Anadyrsk by Semyon Dezhnyov in the 17th century, the Bolshoy Anyuy River, which flows through the modern district, was an important link between the Cossack explorers and their base in Nizhnekolymsk and facilitated interactions between the Cossacks and the indigenous people. Gold and other minerals were discovered in the 20th century, and in the 1970s the world's smallest and most northerly nuclear power station was built in Bilibino.
Bilibinsky and Anadyrsky Districts cover most of the interior of the autonomous okrug, with Bilibinsky District forming its western quarter. Bilibinsky District is the only district in Chukotka not to have a port, even though it has a coastline on the East Siberian Sea.
The size of the district means that there is a range of different landscapes as the territory lies in the Anadyr Highlands, a transition zone between the Chukotka Mountains and the Kolyma Highlands. The district is mountainous with mountain ranges such as the Pyrkanay Range, Rauchuan Range, Kyrganay Range, Chuvan Mountains, Ilirney Range and Anyuy Range, covering substantial parts of it. It is also home to the Anyuyskiy crater, an indication of recent volcanic activity in Chukotka. The main rivers are the Bolshoy Anyuy River and the Maly Anyuy River.
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