Khandyga

Khandyga (English)
Хандыга (Russian)
Хаандыга (Sakha)
-  Urban-type settlement  -
Settlement[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Khandyga
Location of Khandyga in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 62°40′N 135°33′E / 62.667°N 135.550°ECoordinates: 62°40′N 135°33′E / 62.667°N 135.550°E
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Tomponsky District[1]
Settlement Khandyga[1]
Administrative center of Tomponsky District,[1] Settlement of Khandyga[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Tomponsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Khandyga Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Tomponsky Municipal District,[2] Khandyga Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 6,638 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4]
Founded 1938
Urban-type settlement status since 1957[1]
Postal code(s)[5] 678719, 678720

Khandyga (Russian: Хандыга; Sakha: Хаандыга) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the northeast corner of the Aldan River, where the river turns from north to west, the M56 Kolyma Highway, 380 kilometers (240 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. Population: 6,638 (2010 Census);[3] 7,025 (2002 Census);[6] 9,536 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1938 as a base for construction of the Kolyma Highway towards Magadan. During World War II, an airfield was built here for the Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.[8] From 1951 until 1954, the settlement was a base for Yanstroy forced-labor camp of the gulag network.[9]

In 1954, Khandyga became the administrative center of Tomponsky District. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1957.[1]

Transportation

There is summer hydrofoil service to Yakutsk. Khandyga is also served by the Teply Klyuch Airport (IATA: KDY).

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ 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.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Lebedev, Igor Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia Nova Publishers (1997) pp.44-49
  9. ↑ Yanstroy at Memorial Deutschland (German)

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