En Name: | Verkhnyaya Amga |
Ru Name: | Верхняя Амга |
Coordinates: | 59.6333°N 134°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm District Jur: | Aldansky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Tommot |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Aldansky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [2] |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Tommot Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 27 |
Established Date: | 1938 |
Verkhnyaya Amga (Russian: Ве́рхняя Амга́, literally Upper Amga; Yakut: Үөһээ Амма, Üöhee Amma) is a rural locality (a selo), one of five settlements, in addition to Tommot, the administrative centre of the settlement, the Urban-type settlement of Bezymyanny, and the villages of Ulu and Yllymakh in the Town of Tommot of Aldansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 186km (116miles) from Aldan, the district centre and 111km (69miles) from Tommot. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 27;[3] up from 19 recorded in the 2002 Census.
It is located on the right bank of the Amga River. The village is the location of road and rail bridges over the Amga River, carrying the highway to Yakutsk and the Amur Yakutsk Mainline railway. It is served by a railway station, named simply Amga. The village was founded in 1938 as a service point during the construction of the highway to Yakutsk.