Yugoryonok

Yugoryonok (English)
Югорёнок (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Settlement

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Yugoryonok
Location of Yugoryonok in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 59°45′15″N 137°41′30″E / 59.75417°N 137.69167°ECoordinates: 59°45′15″N 137°41′30″E / 59.75417°N 137.69167°E
Administrative status (as of 2010)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Ust-Maysky District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 272 inhabitants[1]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[2]

Yugoryonok (Russian: Югорёнок) is an urban-type settlement in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is situated in a highly isolated region on the Yudoma River, and was originally a gold-mining settlement. Population: 272 (2010 Census);[1] 905 (2002 Census);[3] 1,870 (1989 Census).[4]

Geography

The settlement lies around 500 km east of Yakutsk, on the right bank of the Yudoma, which here forms the border to the Khabarovsky Krai. Yugoryonok is part of the Ust-Maysky District, with the administrative centre of Ust-Maya located around 190 km away.

History

Yugoryonok was founded in 1940 at a river port on the Yudoma, for use as a service base for the nearby goldfields. It was initially administered as part of the town Yur, which was located around 12 km away. With the cessation of gold mining in the 1970s, Yur was abandoned, and Yugoryonok was given status as a separate urabn-type settlement in 1978. With the cessation of mining activities in the 1990s, its population has sunk dramatically, down from 1,870 in 1989 to only 163 recorded inhabitants in the 2013 census.

Infrastructure

The town is at the end of a 300 km road linking it with Eldikan on the Aldan River, and the other gold mining settlements in the area (now mostly ghost towns). The town previously was served by a small airport, however this was closed in the 1990s.

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.