En Name: | Belaya Gora |
Ru Name: | Белая Гора |
Loc Name1: | Үрүҥ хайа |
Loc Lang1: | Yakut |
Coordinates: | 68.55°N 157°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Abyysky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Settlement of Belaya Gora |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Settlement |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Abyysky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Settlement of Belaya Gora |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Abyysky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Belaya Gora Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Abyysky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [1] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Belaya Gora Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 2245 |
Pop Latest: | 2081 |
Pop Latest Date: | January 2016 |
Pop Latest Ref: | [2] |
Established Date: | 1974 |
Current Cat Date: | 1975 |
Postal Codes: | 678890 |
Belaya Gora population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 2,245 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 2,463 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 3,517 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 1,955 |
Belaya Gora (Russian: Бе́лая Гора́; Yakut: Үрүҥ хайа, Ürüŋ xaya) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Abyysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River, approximately 20km (10miles) downstream of its confluence with its tributary the Uyandina, opposite the village of Suturuokha. At the 2010 Census, its population was 2,245.
The literal meaning of both the Russian and Sakha language names is the "white mountain".
It was founded in 1974 as the administrative center of Abyysky District, to replace the previous settlement of Druzhina, which was located 50km (30miles) upstream on the Indigirka and was often subject to flooding. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1975.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belaya Gora serves as the administrative center of Abyysky District. As an administrative division, the urban-type settlement of Belaya Gora[4] is incorporated within Abyysky District as the Settlement of Belaya Gora. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Belaya Gora is incorporated within Abyysky Municipal District as Belaya Gora Urban Settlement.[5]
Belaya Gora is not connected to the outside world by any year-round roads. A winter road following the Indigirka, partially on the ice of the river when frozen, passes through, allowing for travel downstream to Chokurdakh and upstream to Ust-Nera via Khonuu. Another route exists, which leads west from Belaya Gora, up the valley of the Uyadina, to the mining settlement of Deputatsky; however, this route is no longer maintained.
The Belaya Gora Airport is located a short distance to the northeast.