Tongulakh Explained

En Name:Tongulakh
Ru Name:Тонгулах
Coordinates:61.95°N 156°W
Map Label Position:top
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Gorny District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Maltaninsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Gorny Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Maltaninsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:10

Tongulakh (Russian: Тонгулах) is a rural locality (a selo) in Maltaninsky Rural Okrug of Gorny District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 258km (160miles) from Berdigestyakh, the administrative center of the district, and 70km (40miles) from Keptin, the administrative center of the rural okrug.[2] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 10;[3] down from 11 recorded in the 2002 Census.

Climate

The region is known for its climate extremes and is one of the coldest areas in the Northern Hemisphere. On 18 January 2023, a temperature of was recorded at Tongulakh, an all-time low for the area and the lowest in Russia since February 2002.[4]

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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: Temperature in Siberia drops to -62.7°C, lowest in 21 years. BNO News. 18 January 2023.