Batagay-Alyta Explained

En Name:Batagay-Alyta
Ru Name:Батагай-Алыта
Loc Name1:Баатаҕай Алыыта
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:67.7983°N 130.4011°W
Map Label Position:top
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Tyugesirsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Adm Ctr Of1:Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
Adm Ctr Of2:Tyugesirsky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Eveno-Bytantaysky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Tyugesirsky Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Eveno-Bytantaysky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Tyugesirsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:1832
Established Date:1936
Postal Codes:678580

Batagay-Alyta (Russian: Батагай-Алыта; Yakut: Баатаҕай Алыыта, Baatağay Alııta, pronounced as /baːtaʁaj alɯːta/), also known as Sakkyryr (Russian: Саккырыр; Yakut: Саккырыыр, Saqqırıır, pronounced as /saqqɯɾɯːɾ/) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,832.

Geography

Batagay-Alyta is located on the eastern flank of the Verkhoyansk Range, and southeast of the southern end of the Sietinden Range and southwest of the Kular Range. The town lies about to the north of the capital Yakutsk and a few kilometers from the left bank of the Ulakhan-Sakkyryr River, a tributary of the Bytantay.

History

It was founded in 1936 as the administrative center for the then newly created Sakkyryrsky District. It lost this function with the dissolution of the district in 1963, but regained it with the creation of Eveno-Bytantaysky District in 1989.

Demographics

Population:

The population includes a large proportion of Evens, with the Even language taught in the local school.

Transportation

Batagay-Alyta is served by the Sakkyryr Airport . There are no year-round roads connecting to Batagay-Alyta, although a winter road offers a route east to Verkhoyansk and Batagay when the rivers are frozen.

Climate

Batagay-Alyta has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd) with long, extremely cold winters and short, mild (sometimes warm) summers. The seasonal temperature variation is among the greatest in the world. Precipitation is very low, but somewhat higher in the summer.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. Law #173-Z 353-III