| En Name: | Byrakan |
| Ru Name: | Быракан |
| Other Name: | Быракаан |
| Other Lang: | Sakha |
| Coordinates: | 63.0161°N 121.2333°W |
| Map Label Position: | left |
| Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
| Adm District Jur: | Verkhnevilyuysky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Byrakansky Rural Okrug |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Byrakansky Rural Okrug |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
| Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
| Mun District Jur: | Verkhnevilyuysky Municipal District |
| Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
| Rural Settlement Jur: | Byrakansky Rural Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Byrakansky Rural Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 254 |
Byrakan (Russian: Быракан; Yakut: Быракаан, Bırakaan) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Byrakansky Rural Okrug of Verkhnevilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 90km (60miles) from Verkhnevilyuysk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 254,[2] of whom 128 were male and 126 female, down from 265 as recorded during the 2002 Census.[3]