Enmelen

Enmelen (English)
Энмелен (Russian)
Энмылъын (Chukchi)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Enmelen
Location of Enmelen in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 65°00′N 175°51′W / 65.000°N 175.850°WCoordinates: 65°00′N 175°51′W / 65.000°N 175.850°W
Administrative status (as of October 2010)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district Providensky District
Municipal status (as of October 2010)
Municipal district Providensky Municipal District[2]
Rural settlement Enmelen Rural Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Enmelen Rural Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 367 inhabitants[3][4]
Population (January 2014 est.) 329 inhabitants[5]
Time zone PETT (UTC+12:00)[6]
Postal code(s)[7] 689272
Dialing code(s) +7 42735[8]

Enmelen (Russian: Энмелен; Chukchi: Энмылъын; Yupik: Ынмылин) is a village (selo) in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: 367(2010 Census);[3] [4] Municipally, Enmelen is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District and incorporated as Enmelen Rural Settlement.[2]

Geography

Enmelen (lit. "craggy" in Chukchi[9]) is situated near Cape Bering well over 200 km from Provideniya. The settlement is not connected by road to any other places. It is populated by a mixture of Chukchi and Yupik and near the village is the site of an ancient Yupik settlement.[10]

Demographics

The population according to the most recent census data was 367,[3] of whom 188 were male and 179 female,[4] a slight decrease on a 2006 estimate of 390.[10]

Economy

The village is supported by a combination of reindeer herding and the hunting of sea mammals.[10]

Climate

Enmelen has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).[11]

Climate data for Enmelen
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 1.2
(34.2)
2.2
(36)
5.1
(41.2)
5
(41)
14
(57)
26
(79)
28
(82)
25.6
(78.1)
23.4
(74.1)
10.8
(51.4)
5
(41)
3.6
(38.5)
28
(82)
Average high °C (°F) −19.7
(−3.5)
−17.4
(0.7)
−14.5
(5.9)
−8.2
(17.2)
2
(36)
11.2
(52.2)
15.8
(60.4)
13.7
(56.7)
7.9
(46.2)
−1.8
(28.8)
−8.9
(16)
−16.6
(2.1)
−3.2
(26.2)
Average low °C (°F) −26.6
(−15.9)
−24.6
(−12.3)
−21.8
(−7.2)
−15.7
(3.7)
−3.8
(25.2)
3.8
(38.8)
8.8
(47.8)
7.5
(45.5)
2.1
(35.8)
−7.1
(19.2)
−15.7
(3.7)
−23.4
(−10.1)
−9.7
(14.5)
Record low °C (°F) −44
(−47)
−41.1
(−42)
−39
(−38)
−32.5
(−26.5)
−22.5
(−8.5)
−5.7
(21.7)
−12.1
(10.2)
−5
(23)
−10.4
(13.3)
−25.3
(−13.5)
−35.8
(−32.4)
−40
(−40)
−44
(−47)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 41.7
(1.642)
44.8
(1.764)
32.7
(1.287)
24.5
(0.965)
16.1
(0.634)
24.9
(0.98)
42.2
(1.661)
44.9
(1.768)
37.1
(1.461)
28.5
(1.122)
38.7
(1.524)
32.3
(1.272)
408.4
(16.079)
Avg. snowy days 15 14 13 15 14 1 0 0 3 16 18 15 124
Source: [12]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Law #33-OZ, Article 9.2
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #45-OZ
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The results of the 2010 Census are given for Enmelen Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Providensky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Enmelen is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Enmelen Rural Settlement.
  5. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2014 года (Russian)
  6. 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.).
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Providensky Municipal District (Russian)
  9. V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР (Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR) (1989) Magadan. p.433
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Strogoff, p.133
  11. McKnight and Hess, pp.232-5
  12. "Weather Averages for Enmelen from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.

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