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Zolotinka (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district, 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.

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Zolotinka
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Золотинка
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
Золотинка
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
Yakut
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Sakha Republic
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Neryungrinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
Settlement of Zolotinka
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
Settlement of Zolotinka
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Neryungrinsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
Zolotinka Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
Zolotinka Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
552
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
mid-1970s
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
1977
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
678997

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  • Etymology
  • History
  • Administrative and municipal status
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Zolotinka (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district, 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zolotinka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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