Kalvitsa Explained

En Name:Kalvitsa
Ru Name:Кальвица
Coordinates:63.9383°N 127.0203°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Kobyaysky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Kuokuysky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Kobyaysky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Kuokuysky Rural Settlement
Pop 2002Census:177

Kalvitsa (Russian: Кальвица) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kuokuysky Rural Okrug of Kobyaysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, .[2] Its population as of the 2002 Census was 177.

The village is named after the Finnish-born Soviet aviator and polar explorer Otto Kalvitsa.

Geography

Kalvitsa is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland, central Yakutia, on the left bank of the Tyugyuene river, at a distance of 22km (14miles) —in a straight line— from Sangar, the administrative center of the district, and 30km (20miles) from Argas, the administrative center of the rural okrug.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #173-Z 353-III
  2. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. Web site: Топографска карта P-51 52; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian). 10 January 2022.