Verkhnevilyuysk Explained

En Name:Verkhnevilyuysk
Ru Name:Верхневилюйск
Loc Name1:Үөһээ Бүлүү
Loc Lang1:Sakha
Coordinates:63.45°N 138°W
Map Label Position:bottom
Federal Subject:Sakha Republic
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Verkhnevilyuysky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Okrug
Adm Selsoviet Type:Rural okrug
Adm Ctr Of:Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun District Jur:Verkhnevilyuysky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:6457
Postal Codes:678230

Verkhnevilyuysk (Russian: Верхневилюйск; Yakut: Үөһээ Бүлүү, Üöhee Bülüü) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Verkhnevilyuysky District of Sakha Republic, Russia. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 6,457,[3] of whom 3,015 were male and 3,442 female, down from 6,555 as recorded during the 2002 Census.[4]

Geography

Verkhnevilyuysk is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland, by the Vilyuy River, near its confluence with the Tyukyan.

Transportation

Verkhnevilyuysk is served by the Verkhnevilyuysk Airport .

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Notes and References

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