Osokhtokh Explained

En Name:Osokhtokh
Ru Name:Осохтох
Other Name:Оһохтоох
Other Lang:Sakha
Coordinates:69.1333°N 153°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Verkhoyansky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Eginsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Verkhoyansky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Eginsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:140

Osokhtokh (Russian: Осохтох; Yakut: Оһохтоох, Ohoxtoox) is a rural locality (a selo) in Eginsky Rural Okrug of Verkhoyansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 283km (176miles) from Batagay, the administrative center of the district, and 90km (60miles) from Saydy, the administrative center of the rural okrug.[2] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 140,[3] down from 148 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Geography

The village is located north of the Arctic Circle, by the Baky river.[4] [5]

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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. Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities)
  4. Web site: R-53_54 Topographic Chart (in Russian). 15 May 2022.
  5. [Google Earth]