Ust-Maya
| Ust-Maya (English) Усть-Мая (Russian) | |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg.png) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia | |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Ust-Maysky District[1] |
| Settlement | Ust-Maya[1] |
| Administrative center of | Settlement of Ust-Maya[1] |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Ust-Maysky Municipal District[2] |
| Urban settlement | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement[2] |
| Administrative center of | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 2,923 inhabitants[3] |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4] |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 678620 |
Ust-Maya (Russian: Усть-Мая) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the north bank of the Aldan River opposite the mouth of the Maya River, southeast of Yakutsk. Population: 2,923 (2010 Census);[3] 3,165 (2002 Census);[6] 3,514 (1989 Census).[7]
History
Ust-Maya was founded in 1930 as a base for gold mining activities on the Allakh-Yun and Yudoma rivers to the east. It was made the administrative centre of the newly created Ust-Maysky District in 1931.
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]
In 1957 Ust-Maya received urban-type settlement status, however the district administration was moved to the settlement of Solnechny in 1972, remaining there until it returned to Ust-Maya in 1992.
Transportation
There are no year-round roads connecting to the town, however winter roads connect to Eldikan and Amga.
The Ust-Maya Airport (IATA: UMS) is located in the village of Petropavlovsk, 8 km to the south-east.
Climate
Ust-Maya has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd). Winters are extremely cold with average temperatures from −43.0 to −35.3 °C (−45.4 to −31.5 °F) in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from +12.1 to +25.4 °C (53.8 to 77.7 °F). Precipitation is quite low and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.
| Climate data for Ust-Maya | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
8.9 (48) |
17.8 (64) |
29.7 (85.5) |
35.3 (95.5) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −35.3 (−31.5) |
−27 (−17) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
−34.6 (−30.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −39.6 (−39.3) |
−33.9 (−29) |
−19.6 (−3.3) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−7.2 (19) |
−26.8 (−16.2) |
−38.6 (−37.5) |
−8.9 (16) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −43 (−45) |
−39.5 (−39.1) |
−28.4 (−19.1) |
−11 (12) |
1.4 (34.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−11 (12) |
−30.7 (−23.3) |
−41.7 (−43.1) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −60.2 (−76.4) |
−60 (−76) |
−54.1 (−65.4) |
−38.7 (−37.7) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−7.2 (19) |
−17 (1) |
−38.3 (−36.9) |
−54.4 (−65.9) |
−59.4 (−74.9) |
−60.2 (−76.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.43) |
8 (0.31) |
7 (0.28) |
12 (0.47) |
28 (1.1) |
39 (1.54) |
50 (1.97) |
51 (2.01) |
40 (1.57) |
25 (0.98) |
20 (0.79) |
12 (0.47) |
303 (11.93) |
| Avg. rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 76 |
| Avg. snowy days | 23 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 128 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 40 | 124 | 229 | 256 | 283 | 313 | 320 | 245 | 153 | 95 | 75 | 21 | 2,154 |
| Source #1: pogoda.ru.net[9] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[10] | |||||||||||||
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #173-Z 353-III
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lebedev, Igor Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia Nova Publishers (1997) pp.44-49
- ↑ "Weather And Climate - Climate Ust-May" (in Russian). Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Climate Normals for Ust-Maja". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Ust-Maysky 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.).