En Name: | Balyktakh |
Ru Name: | Балыктах |
Coordinates: | 62.2°N 181°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Megino-Kangalassky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Meginsky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Adm Ctr Of: | Meginsky Rural Okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Meginsky Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Meginsky Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 883 |
Balyktakh (Russian: Балыктах; Yakut: Балыктаах, Balıktaax) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Meginsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 72km (45miles) from Nizhny Bestyakh, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 883,[2] of whom 438 were male and 445 female, down from 963 as recorded during the 2002 Census.[3]