Utaya Explained

En Name:Utaya
Ru Name:Утая
Other Name:Утайа
Other Lang:Sakha
Coordinates:66.0667°N 160°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Adm District Jur:Verkhnekolymsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Utainsky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Adm Ctr Of:Utainsky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Verkhnekolymsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Utainsky Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Utainsky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:98

Utaya (Russian: Утая; Yakut: Утайа) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Utainsky Rural Okrug of Verkhnekolymsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 170km (110miles) from Zyryanka, the administrative center of the district.[2] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 98,[3] down from 112 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Geography

Utaya is located at the feet of the Arga-Tas range, on the right bank of the Silyap River, a right tributary of the Ozhogina River.[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. [Google Earth]