Ymyyakhtakh (Russian: Ымыяхтах; Yakut: Ымыйахтаах, Imıyaxtaax) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Edeysky Rural Okrug of Namsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 36 kilometers (22 mi) from Namtsy, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,219,[2][3] of whom 617 were male and 602 female, up from 1,157 as recorded during the 2002 Census.[1] Ymyakhtakh is what English-speakers would call a village.

Ymyyakhtakh
Ымыяхтах
Location of Ymyyakhtakh
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Ymyyakhtakh is located in Russia
Ymyyakhtakh
Ymyyakhtakh
Location of Ymyyakhtakh
Ymyyakhtakh is located in Sakha Republic
Ymyyakhtakh
Ymyyakhtakh
Ymyyakhtakh (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 62°27′31″N 129°53′04″E / 62.45861°N 129.88444°E / 62.45861; 129.88444
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
Administrative districtNamsky District[1]
Rural okrugEdeysky Rural Okrug[1]
Population
 • Total1,219
 • Capital ofEdeysky Rural Okrug[1]
 • Municipal districtNamsky Municipal District[4]
 • Rural settlementEdeysky Rural Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofEdeysky Rural Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
678391Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID98635415101

Location edit

The village is located within several hundred feet of the Lena river of Siberia, on its western bank.[7] The location is also an archaeological site, associated with the same-named culture, known as the Ymyyakhtakh culture. This was a chalcolithic culture that had expanded northeastward from the Lake Baikal area in the late second-millennium BCE.

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Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b This figure is given for Edeysky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Namsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Ymyyakhtakh is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation.
  4. ^ a b c Law #173-Z 353-III
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ As indicated by Google Maps.

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  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Namsky District. (in 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.).