Siktyakh Explained

En Name:Siktyakh
Ru Name:Сиктях
Other Name:Сииктээх
Other Lang:Sakha
Coordinates:69.9167°N 131°W
Map Label Position:bottom
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Bulunsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Siktyakhsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Adm Ctr Of:Siktyakhsky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Bulunsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Siktyakhsky Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Siktyakhsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:287
Pop Latest:300
Pop Latest Date:January 2016
Pop Latest Ref:[2] [3]
Postal Codes:678421

Siktyakh (Russian: Сиктях; Yakut: Сииктээх, Siikteex) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Siktyakhsky Rural Okrug of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 230km (140miles) from Tiksi, the administrative center of the district.[4] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 287,[5] up from 254 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Geography

Siktyakh is located on the left bank of the Lena, north of the Arctic Circle. Rivers Kuranakh-Siktyakh and Uel-Siktyakh have their mouths nearby on the facing bank.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #173-Z 353-III
  2. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года Population of the districts of the republic on January 1, 2016
  3. The results of the 2016 estimate are given for Siktyakhsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Bulunsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Siktyakh is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Siktyakhsky Rural Settlement.
  4. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  5. 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)
  6. Web site: R-51_52 Topographic Chart (in Russian). 14 May 2022.
  7. [Google Earth]