En Name: | Macha |
Ru Name: | Мача |
Coordinates: | 59.9°N 153°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Olyokminsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Machinsky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Adm Ctr Of: | Machinsky Rural Okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Olyokminsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Machinsky Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Machinsky Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 1,089 |
Postal Codes: | 678123 |
Macha (ru|Мача; sah|Маача|Mâça) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Machinsky Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,089,[2] of whom 560 were male and 529 female, up from 403 as recorded during the 2002 Census.[3]
Macha is located at the southwestern end of Yakutia, 205km (127miles) from Olyokminsk, the administrative center of the district. It lies on the left bank of the Lena River, downstream from the confluence of the Bolshoy Patom River.[4]