Khani, Sakha Republic Explained

En Name:Khani
Ru Name:Хани
Loc Name1:Хани
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:56.9333°N 178°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Neryungrinsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Settlement of Khani
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of:Settlement of Khani
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Neryungrinsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Khani Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Khani Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:764
Established Title:late 1970s
Current Cat Date:1981
Postal Codes:678976
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Khani population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:764
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:933
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:2,362

Khani (Russian: Хани; Yakut: Хани, Xani) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 405km (252miles) from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district,[1] in close proximity to the borders with Amur Oblast and Zabaykalsky Krai. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 764.

History

It was founded in the late 1970s, during the construction of the Baikal–Amir Mainline, and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1981. Around two thirds of the residents left after the completion of the railway in the late 1980s, with the population dropping drastically between 1989 and present.

Administrative and municipal status

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

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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, Khani is the administrative center of the Settlement of Khani.
  3. Law #173-Z 353-III