Belaya Gora
Белая Гора
Urban-type settlement[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • YakutҮрүҥ хайа
The village of Belaya Gora in the Abyysky District of Yakutia
The village of Belaya Gora in the Abyysky District of Yakutia
Location of Belaya Gora
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Belaya Gora is located in Russia
Belaya Gora
Belaya Gora
Location of Belaya Gora
Belaya Gora is located in Sakha Republic
Belaya Gora
Belaya Gora
Belaya Gora (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 68°33′N 146°11′E / 68.550°N 146.183°E / 68.550; 146.183
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[2]
Administrative districtAbyysky District[2]
SettlementSettlement of Belaya Gora[2]
Founded1974
Urban-type settlement status since1975[2]
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total2,245
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
2,058 (−8.3%)
 • Capital ofAbyysky District,[2] Settlement of Belaya Gora[2]
 • Municipal districtAbyysky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementBelaya Gora Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofAbyysky Municipal District,[6] Belaya Gora Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
678890
OKTMO ID98601151051
Belaya Gora population
2010 Census2,245[3]
2002 Census2,463[10]
1989 Census3,517[11]
1979 Census1,955[12]

Belaya Gora (Russian: Бе́лая Гора́; Yakut: Үрүҥ хайа, Ürüŋ xaya) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Abyysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River, approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) downstream of its confluence with its tributary the Uyandina, opposite the village of Suturuokha. At the 2010 Census, its population was 2,245.[3]

Etymology

The literal meaning of both the Russian and Sakha language names is the "white mountain".[citation needed]

History

It was founded in 1974 as the administrative center of Abyysky District, to replace the previous settlement of Druzhina, which was located 50 kilometers (31 mi) upstream on the Indigirka and was often subject to flooding.[citation needed] It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belaya Gora serves as the administrative center of Abyysky District.[2] As an administrative division, the urban-type settlement of Belaya Gora[1] is incorporated within Abyysky District as the Settlement of Belaya Gora.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Belaya Gora is incorporated within Abyysky Municipal District as Belaya Gora Urban Settlement.[5]

Transportation

Belaya Gora is not connected to the outside world by any year-round roads. A winter road following the Indigirka, partially on the ice of the river when frozen, passes through, allowing for travel downstream to Chokurdakh and upstream to Ust-Nera via Khonuu. Another route exists, which leads west from Belaya Gora, up the valley of the Uyadina, to the mining settlement of Deputatsky; however, this route is no longer maintained.

The Belaya Gora Airport is located a short distance to the northeast.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Belaya Gora is the administrative center of the Settlement of Belaya Gora.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d Law #173-Z 353-III
  6. ^ Law #172-Z #351-III
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ^ Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года (in Russian)
  10. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  11. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  12. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

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