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.
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]