Peleduy Explained

En Name:Peleduy
Ru Name:Пеледуй
Loc Name1:Пеледуй
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:59.6333°N 157°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Lensky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Peleduy
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of:Settlement of Peleduy
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Lensky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Urban Settlement Jur:Peleduy Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Peleduy Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:5243
Current Cat Date:1938
Postal Codes:678158
Peleduy population
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Label1:2010 Census
Data1:5,243
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:4,710
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:5,080

Peleduy (Russian: Пеледуй; Yakut: Пеледуй) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,243.

Geography

Peleduy is located on the northern side of the edge of the Patom Highlands, by the confluence of the Peleduy, on the left bank of the Lena, approximately 840km (520miles) west of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic and 199km (124miles) from Lensk, the administrative center of the district.[2] [3]

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Peleduy in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Peleduy,[4] together with one rural locality (the selo of Krestovsky lesouchastok), is incorporated within Lensky District as the Settlement of Peleduy. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Peleduy is incorporated within Lensky Municipal District as Peleduy Urban Settlement.[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. [Google Earth]
  4. 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, Peleduy is the administrative center of the Settlement of Peleduy.
  5. Law #173-Z 353-III