Bolshoy Nimnyr

Bolshoy Nimnyr (Russian: Большой Нимныр; Yakut: Улахан Ньымныыр, Ulaxan Ñımnıır) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Aldan in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 75 kilometers (47 mi) from Aldan.^[1] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 236;^[3] down from 479 recorded in the 2002 Census.^[1]

Bolshoy Nimnyr Большой Нимныр
Selo[1]
Street scene, Bolshoy Nimnyr
Location of Bolshoy Nimnyr
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Coordinates: 58°03′N 125°29′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Aldansky District[1]
Town	Aldan[1]
Founded	1929
Rural locality status since	June 16, 2005[2]
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	236
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Aldansky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Aldan Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+9 (UTC+09:00 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	678942
OKTMO ID	98603101111

Geography

It is located on the north bank of the Bolshoy Nimnyr River, where the river is crossed by the highway to Yakutsk. The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway also crosses the river close by; the railway station is located about 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) to the north.

History

It was founded in 1929 as a service point on the road being built toward Yakutsk.^{[citation needed]} It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1973^{[citation needed]} but was demoted back to a rural locality on June 16, 2005.^[2] The now abolished rural locality of Maly Nimnyr (lit. Lesser Nimnyr), abandoned in 1997 due to the high cost of supplies and infrastructure, is located nearby.^[7]