Balyktakh, Megino-Kangalassky District, Sakha Republic Explained

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]

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  1. Law #173-Z 353-III
  2. This figure is given for Meginsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Balyktakh is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation.
  3. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic