Tomponsky District (; , Tompo uluuha) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III 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 .Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic 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.Ученые будут изучать озеро Еманда в Томпонском улусе Якутии

Climate Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from .Center of the Socioeconomic and Political Monitoring. Tomponsky District 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 + Municipal compositionUrban settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleInhabited localities in jurisdictionDzhebariki-Khaya()1694844 (49.8%)850 (50.2%)Urban-type settlement of Dzhebariki-KhayaKhandyga()66383326 (49.8%)3312 (50.2%)Urban-type settlement of Khandyga (administrative centre of the district)Rural settlementsPopulationMaleFemaleRural localities in jurisdiction*Bayagantaysky Nasleg()1823884 (48.5%)939 (51.5%)selo of Krest-Khaldzhan selo of Ary-Tolon selo of UdarnikMegino-Aldansky Nasleg()1020490 (48.0%)530 (52.0%)selo of Megino-AldanOkhot-Perevozovsky Nasleg()14270 (49.3%)72 (50.7%)selo of Okhotsky-PerevozSasylsky Nasleg()555 275 (49.5%)280 (50.5%)selo of Keskil Teploklyuchevsky Nasleg()887447 (50.4%)440 (49.6%)selo of Teply Klyuch selo of Aeroport selo of RazvilkaTomponsky National Nasleg()915458 (50.1%)457 (49.9%)selo of Topolinoye Ynginsky Nasleg()425217 (51.1%)208 (48.9%)selo of Novy selo of Saydy Divisional source:Tomponsky Ulus (Raion) Official website of the Sakha Republic

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

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