Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic Explained

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.

Etymology

The literal meaning of both the Russian and Sakha language names is the "white mountain".

History

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]

Administrative and municipal status

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]

Transportation

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.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Law #172-Z #351-III
  2. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года
  3. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  4. 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, Belaya Gora is the administrative center of the Settlement of Belaya Gora.
  5. Law #173-Z 353-III