Allakh-Yun

Allakh-Yun (English)
Аллах-Юнь (Russian)
Ааллаах Үүн (Sakha)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Settlement

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Allakh-Yun
Location of Allakh-Yun in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 61°08′N 138°03′E / 61.133°N 138.050°ECoordinates: 61°08′N 138°03′E / 61.133°N 138.050°E
Administrative status (as of 2010)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Ust-Maysky District
Municipal status
Municipal district Ust-Maysky Municipal District
Inter-settlement territory yes
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 96 inhabitants[1]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[2]
Founded 1930s
Urban-type settlement status since 1937

Allakh-Yun (Russian: Алла́х-Юнь; Sakha: Ааллаах Үүн) is an urban locality (a settlement) and a former gold-mining settlement in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. It still officially holds its urban status despite having lost almost its entire population during the first decade of the 2000s. Population: 96 (2010 Census);[1] 306 (2002 Census);[3] 2,183 (1989 Census).[4]

Geography

It lies about 450 kilometers (280 mi) east-southeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic, in the Yudoma-Maya Highlands on the right bank of the Allakh-Yun River, after which it was named. The distance to Ust-Maya, the administrative center of the district, is about 200 kilometers (120 mi) earth-northeast.

History

It was founded in the 1930s as the first gold prospecting center in the area and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1937. The surrounding area was separated out of Ust-Maysky District in 1940 as Allakh-Yunsky District, with the administrative center in Allakh-Yun. In 1948, the administrative center was moved to Eldikan and the district was merged back into Ust-Maysky District in 1953.

With the cessation of mining activities in the 1990s, almost the entire population of the settlement left, dropping from 2,183 inhabitants in 1989 to only 96 in 2010.

Infrastructure

Allakh-Yun is at the end of a 100-kilometer (62 mi) long road, which connects to the road from Eldikan to Yugoryonok. This is its only connection to the outside world, since the closure of the settlement's small airport in the 1990s.

Climate

Climate data for Allakh-Yun
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −3.0
(26.6)		 −5.0
(23)		 4.4
(39.9)		 13.4
(56.1)		 29.0
(84.2)		 32.8
(91)		 32.2
(90)		 33.0
(91.4)		 24.8
(76.6)		 −0.49
(31.12)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −1.1
(30)		 33.0
(91.4)
Average high °C (°F) −34.4
(−29.9)		 −27.9
(−18.2)		 −14.1
(6.6)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 9.1
(48.4)		 18.7
(65.7)		 21.7
(71.1)		 18.9
(66)		 9.5
(49.1)		 −5.8
(21.6)		 −22.9
(−9.2)		 −31.6
(−24.9)		 1.7
(35.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −38.2
(−36.8)		 −34.6
(−30.3)		 −23.0
(−9.4)		 −8.7
(16.3)		 3.3
(37.9)		 12.0
(53.6)		 14.8
(58.6)		 11.7
(53.1)		 3.3
(37.9)		 −11.3
(11.7)		 −28.0
(−18.4)		 −35.5
(−31.9)		 −4.8
(23.4)
Average low °C (°F) −42.9
(−45.2)		 −41.4
(−42.5)		 −31.9
(−25.4)		 −17.4
(0.7)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 3.5
(38.3)		 6.5
(43.7)		 4.1
(39.4)		 −3.2
(26.2)		 −17.4
(0.7)		 −33.1
(−27.6)		 −40.3
(−40.5)		 −12.1
(10.2)
Record low °C (°F) −55.9
(−68.6)		 −52.8
(−63)		 −46.2
(−51.2)		 −41.1
(−42)		 −22.8
(−9)		 −6.0
(21.2)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 −9.0
(15.8)		 −16.1
(3)		 −38.0
(−36.4)		 −52.2
(−62)		 −55.0
(−67)		 −55.9
(−68.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.5
(0.059)		 2.3
(0.091)		 16.1
(0.634)		 49.0
(1.929)		 28.1
(1.106)		 53.2
(2.094)		 60.2
(2.37)		 46.4
(1.827)		 50.2
(1.976)		 64.5
(2.539)		 11.2
(0.441)		 2.5
(0.098)		 385.2
(15.165)
Source: [5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  3. ↑ 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Weather Averages for Allakh-Yun (1959-1991)". climatebase.ru. Retrieved 17 December 2014.