Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic

For other places with the same name, see Belaya Gora.
Belaya Gora (English)
Белая Гора (Russian)
Үрүҥ хайа (Sakha)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Settlement[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Belaya Gora
Location of Belaya Gora in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 68°33′N 146°11′E / 68.550°N 146.183°ECoordinates: 68°33′N 146°11′E / 68.550°N 146.183°E
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Abyysky District[1]
Settlement Belaya Gora[1]
Administrative center of Abyysky District,[1] Settlement of Belaya Gora[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Abyysky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Belaya Gora Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Abyysky Municipal District,[3] Belaya Gora Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 2,245 inhabitants[4]
Time zone SRET (UTC+11:00)[5]
Founded 1974
Urban-type settlement status since 1975[1]
Postal code(s)[6] 678890

Belaya Gora (Russian: Бе́лая Гора́; Sakha: Үрүҥ хайа, lit. White Mountain) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Abyysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population: 2,245 (2010 Census);[4] 2,463 (2002 Census);[7] 3,517 (1989 Census).[8]

Etymology

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

Geography

The settlement lies over 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) northeast of the republic's capital city of Yakutsk, on the right bank of the Indigirka River, approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) downstream of its confluence with its tributary the Uyandina. The village of Suturuokha is located on the opposite bank of the river.

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. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975.[1]

Transportation

The settlement 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west from Belaya Gora, up the valley of the Uyandina, to the mining settlement of Deputatsky; however, this route is no longer maintained.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 of the settlement.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. ↑ Law #172-Z #351-III
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. ↑ 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.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.

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