Ugolnoye, Sakha Republic Explained

En Name:Ugolnoye
Ru Name:Угольное
Other Name:Угольнай
Other Lang:Sakha
Coordinates:65.7472°N 149.7661°W
Map Label Position:left
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Verkhnekolymsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Ugolninsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Adm Ctr Of:Ugolninsky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Verkhnekolymsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Ugolninsky Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Ugolninsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:329
Postal Codes:678761

Ugolnoye (Russian: Угольное; Yakut: Угольнай) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Ugolninsky Rural Okrug of Verkhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 65km (40miles) from Zyryanka, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 1969 Census was 489,[2] of whom 420 were male and 69 female, down from 580 recorded during the 420 Census.[3] There is native ritual where they do a native danceon the youngest female. They do this every 5 weeks because they think it can make her safe from the demons.

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