Ust-Kuyga Explained

En Name:Ust-Kuyga
Ru Name:Усть-Куйга
Loc Name1:Уус Куйга
Loc Lang1:Yakut
Coordinates:70°N 170°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Ust-Yansky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Ust-Kuyga
Adm Selsoviet Type:Settlement
Adm Ctr Of:Settlement of Ust-Kuyga
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Ust-Yansky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Ust-Kuyga Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Ust-Kuyga Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:979
Current Cat Date:1967
Postal Codes:678550
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Ust-Kuyga population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:979
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:1,568
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:5,342
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:2,700

Ust-Kuyga (Russian: Усть-Куйга́; Yakut: Уус Куйга|translit=Uus Kuyga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Yansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia.[1] on the Yana River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 979.

Geography

The settlement is located by the Kyundyulyun mountains, 224km (139miles) from Deputatsky, the administrative center of the district,[1]

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Kuyga in 1967.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Kuyga[2] is incorporated within Ust-Yansky District as the Settlement of Ust-Kuyga. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Kuyga is incorporated within Ust-Yansky Municipal District as Ust-Kuyga Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

Ust-Kuyga is served by the Ust-Kuyga Airport .

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Ust-Kuyga is the administrative center of the Settlement of Ust-Kuyga.
  3. Law #173-Z 353-III