Enmelen Explained

En Name:Enmelen
Ru Name:Энмелен
Other Name:Энмыԓьын
Other Lang:Chukchi
Map Label Position:left
Coordinates:65°N -226°W
Federal Subject:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Providensky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Providensky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Enmelen Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Enmelen Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:367
Pop 2010Census Ref:[3]
Pop Latest:299
Pop Latest Date:January 2016
Pop Latest Ref:[4]
Postal Codes:689272
Dialing Codes:42735
Dialing Codes Ref:[5]

Enmelen (Russian: Энмеле́н; Chukchi: Энмыԓьын, Ènmyḷ'yn; Yupik: Ынмылин) is a village (selo) in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Enmelen is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District and incorporated as Enmelen Rural Settlement.

Geography

Enmelen (lit. "craggy" in Chukchi[6]) is situated near Cape Bering well over 200 km from Provideniya. The settlement is not connected by road to any other places. It is populated by a mixture of Chukchi and Yupik and near the village is the site of an ancient Yupik settlement.

Demographics

The population according to the most recent census data was 367, of whom 188 were male and 179 female, a slight decrease on a 2006 estimate of 390.[7]

Economy

The village is supported by a combination of reindeer herding and the hunting of sea mammals.

Climate

Enmelen has an arctic climate (Köppen climate classification ET) with very cold, long winters and cool, short summers.[8]

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External links

Not working *Inhabitants of Enmelen welcoming explorer Benedict Allen – Youtube

Notes and References

  1. Law #33-OZ, Article 9.2
  2. Law #45-OZ
  3. The results of the 2010 Census are given for Enmelen Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Providensky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Enmelen is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Enmelen Rural Settlement.
  4. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года
  5. http://www.minjustmag.ru/pr.html Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
  6. V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР (Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR) (1989) Magadan. p.433
  7. Strogoff, p.133
  8. McKnight and Hess, pp.232–5