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 |
Bodystyle: | width:23.5em; |
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.
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.
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]