Batagay Explained

En Name:Batagay
Ru Name:Батагай
Loc Name1:Баатаҕай
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:67.65°N 173°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Verkhoyansky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Batagay
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of:Settlement of Batagay
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Verkhoyansky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Batagay Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Batagay Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:4369
Current Cat Date:1945
Postal Codes:678500, 678509
Batagay population
Bodystyle:width:23.5em;
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:4,369
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:4,589
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:8,385
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:6,414

Batagay (Russian: Батага́й; Yakut: Баатаҕай, Baatağay) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,369.

Geography

Batagay is located a short distance to the west of river Adycha. The Batagaika crater is located 10 km to the southeast and the Kisilyakh Range 40 km to the northeast of the town.[1]

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Batagay in 1945.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Batagay[3] serves as the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Verkhoyansky District as the Settlement of Batagay. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Batagay is incorporated within Verkhoyansky Municipal District as Batagay Urban Settlement.[4]

Transportation

Batagay is served by the Batagay Airport.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kigilyakhi of Yakutia . November 7, 2019 . May 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200508141019/http://st-yak.narod.ru/index4-22-1.html . dead .
  2. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Batagay is the administrative center of the Settlement of Batagay.
  4. Law #173-Z #353-III