Yuryung-Khaya

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Yuryung-Khaya (English)
Юрюнг-Хая (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Yuryung-Khaya
Location of Yuryung-Khaya in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 72°48′43″N 113°13′56″E / 72.81194°N 113.23222°E / 72.81194; 113.23222Coordinates: 72°48′43″N 113°13′56″E / 72.81194°N 113.23222°E / 72.81194; 113.23222
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Anabarsky District[1]
Rural okrug Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Anabarsky Municipal District[2]
Rural settlement Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 1,148 inhabitants[3][4]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+10:00)[5]
Founded 1930[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[6] 678431

Yuryung-Khaya (Russian: Юрюнг-Хая, Sakha: Үрүҥ Хайа) 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,[3][4] 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.

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. 3.0 3.1 "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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 This figure is given for Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Anabarsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Yuryung-Khaya is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Russian)

Sources

  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Anabarsky District. (Russian)
  • Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
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