Anadyrsky District (;
Chukchi: ) is an administrative and municipal district (
raion), one of the
six in
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the
autonomous okrug and borders with
Chaunsky District in the northwest,
Iultinsky District in the north and northeast, the
Gulf of Anadyr in the east,
Koryak Okrug in the south, and with
Bilibinsky District in the west and northwest. It also completely surrounds the territory of the
town of okrug significance of
Anadyr. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center is the
town of Anadyr (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:
In terms of area, this is the largest district in the autonomous okrug. The district is located in a mountainous region, the peaks of which provide the catchment areas for the
Anadyr River and its
tributaries. The district is home to a large number of indigenous peoples as well as
Russians and
Ukrainians. Humans have been living in what is now Anadyrsky District for at least five thousand years. Following the foundation of the first Russian-speaking settlements by
Semyon Dezhnyov, this territory became the key part of the region in terms of trade, exploration, and administration, which still continues today.