Yuryung-Khaya
Юрюнг-Хая
Selo[1]
Street scene, Yuryung-Khaya
Street scene, Yuryung-Khaya
Location of Yuryung-Khaya
Map
Yuryung-Khaya is located in Russia
Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya
Location of Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya is located in Sakha Republic
Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 72°48′43″N 113°13′56″E / 72.81194°N 113.23222°E / 72.81194; 113.23222
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
Administrative districtAnabarsky District[1]
Rural okrugYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug[1]
Founded1930
Elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total1,148
 • Estimate 
(January 2016)[3][4]
1,120
 • Capital ofYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug[1]
 • Municipal districtAnabarsky Municipal District[5]
 • Rural settlementYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
678431
OKTMO ID98610424101

Yuryung-Khaya (Russian: Юрюнг-Хая, Yakut: Үрүҥ Хайа Ürüŋ xaya) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug of Anabarsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 160 kilometers (99 mi) from Saskylakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,148,[2] of whom 552 were male and 596 female, up from 1,051 recorded during the 2002 Census.[1]

Geography

The village is situated on the right bank of the Anabar River, shortly before it flows into the Laptev Sea.

History and demographics

The village was founded in 1930 as part of Soviet efforts to settle the nomadic indigenous inhabitants of the region. The village's name means White Mountain in the Yakut and Dolgan languages.

Yuryung-Khaya is the only settlement in the Sakha Republic with a population composed mainly of Dolgans, and also the only substantial population of Dolgans outside the Krasnoyarsk Kray.

Economy and infrastructure

The village economy is based around agriculture, specifically reindeer herding, fishing and other farming. It is reachable via a winter road leading upstream along the Anabar to Saskylakh.

Climate

Owing to the extreme northern location Yuryung-Khaya has a cold and dry polar climate (Köppen ET) with severely cold winters and cool summers.

View of Yuryung-Khaya from the Anabar River
Climate data for Yuryung-Khaya
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −12
(10) 		−10
(14) 		−5
(23) 		0
(32) 		5
(41) 		20
(68) 		26
(79) 		23
(73) 		8
(46) 		5
(41) 		−8
(18) 		−12
(10) 		26
(79)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −28
(−18) 		−27
(−17) 		−24
(−11) 		−18
(0) 		−8
(18) 		1
(34) 		6
(43) 		5
(41) 		0
(32) 		−9
(16) 		−20
(−4) 		−24
(−11) 		−12
(10)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −31
(−24) 		−31
(−24) 		−29
(−20) 		−23
(−9) 		−12
(10) 		−2
(28) 		1
(34) 		1
(34) 		−2
(28) 		−9
(16) 		−20
(−4) 		−24
(−11) 		−15
(5)
Record low °C (°F) −46
(−51) 		−44
(−47) 		−43
(−45) 		−38
(−36) 		−27
(−17) 		−13
(9) 		−10
(14) 		−8
(18) 		−19
(−2) 		−30
(−22) 		−36
(−33) 		−43
(−45) 		−46
(−51)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 7
(0.3) 		4
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		6
(0.2) 		6
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		18
(0.7) 		6
(0.2) 		21
(0.8) 		10
(0.4) 		4
(0.2) 		3
(0.1) 		91
(3.5)
Average snowy days 13 10 13 11 16 8 4 4 12 20 13 15 139
Source 1: Weather Averages for Yuryung-Khaya
Source 2: Map showing geographical location of Uryung-Khaya

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ a b Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
  3. ^ Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года Population of the districts of the republic on January 1, 2016 (in Russian)
  4. ^ The results of the 2016 estimate are given for xxx Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of xxx Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, xxx is the only inhabited locality on the territory of xxx Rural Settlement.
  5. ^ a b c Law #173-Z 353-III
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

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