Berkakit Explained

En Name:Berkakit
Ru Name:Беркакит
Loc Name1:Беркакит
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:56.5833°N 170°W
Map Label Position:right
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Berkakit (Yakutia).gif
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Neryungrinsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Settlement of Berkakit
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of:Settlement of Berkakit
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Neryungrinsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Berkakit Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Berkakit Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:4291
Current Cat Date:1977
Postal Codes:678990
Dialing Codes:41147
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Berkakit population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:4,291
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:4,925
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:9,031
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:4,599

Berkakit (Russian: Беркаки́т; Yakut: Беркакит) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 7km (04miles) from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district.[1]

2010 population

As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,291.

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1977.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Berkakit[2] is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Berkakit. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Berkakit is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Berkakit Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

Berkakit sits on both the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline and Amur–Yakutsk Highway.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 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, Berkakit is the administrative center of the Settlement of Berkakit.
  3. Law #173-Z 353-III