Saskylakh

Saskylakh (English)
Саскылах (Russian)
Сааскылаах (Sakha)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Saskylakh
Location of Saskylakh in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 71°57′55″N 114°05′32″E / 71.96528°N 114.09222°E / 71.96528; 114.09222Coordinates: 71°57′55″N 114°05′32″E / 71.96528°N 114.09222°E / 71.96528; 114.09222
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Anabarsky District[1]
Rural okrug Saskylakhsky Rural Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Saskylakhsky Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Anabarsky Municipal District[2]
Rural settlement Saskylakhsky Rural Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Saskylakhsky Rural Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 2,317 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4]
Founded 1930
Postal code(s)[5] 678440
Saskylakh on Wikimedia Commons

Saskylakh (Russian: Саскылах; Yakut: Сааскылаах) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Anabarsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia,[1] located on the right bank of the Anabar River, on which it is one of the main ports. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 2,317,[3] up from 1,985 recorded during the 2002 Census[6] and further up from 1,856 recorded during the 1989 Census.[7]

History

It was founded in 1930 as a part of Soviet efforts to settle the nomadic Yakuts, Evenks, and Dolgans who lived in the area.

Transportation

There are no year-round roads leading to Saskylakh, although there is a winter road which leads to Olenyok and then further 600 kilometers (370 mi) south to Udachny. In the opposite direction, the road also continues downstream along the Anabar to Yuryung-Khaya.

There is also a small airport a few kilometers south.

Climate

Despite lying well inside the Arctic Circle, Saskylakh has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc)[8] with very short, mild summers and severely cold winters. Precipitation is moderate; it falls mostly as rain in summer and mainly as snow throughout the rest of the year.

Climate data for Saskylakh
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −8.0
(17.6)		 −6.2
(20.8)		 2.5
(36.5)		 9.8
(49.6)		 14.1
(57.4)		 29.5
(85.1)		 32.2
(90)		 33.0
(91.4)		 24.0
(75.2)		 11.0
(51.8)		 1.4
(34.5)		 0.2
(32.4)		 33.0
(91.4)
Average high °C (°F) −31.5
(−24.7)		 −31.3
(−24.3)		 −24.1
(−11.4)		 −14.3
(6.3)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 9.3
(48.7)		 16.1
(61)		 12.9
(55.2)		 4.5
(40.1)		 −10.5
(13.1)		 −24.9
(−12.8)		 −28.9
(−20)		 −11.3
(11.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −34.5
(−30.1)		 −34.4
(−29.9)		 −27.9
(−18.2)		 −18.5
(−1.3)		 −7.3
(18.9)		 6.1
(43)		 12.0
(53.6)		 9.2
(48.6)		 1.6
(34.9)		 −13.5
(7.7)		 −27.9
(−18.2)		 −32.1
(−25.8)		 −14.6
(5.7)
Average low °C (°F) −38.2
(−36.8)		 −38.2
(−36.8)		 −33.0
(−27.4)		 −24.6
(−12.3)		 −11.9
(10.6)		 2.0
(35.6)		 6.7
(44.1)		 4.4
(39.9)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 −17.0
(1.4)		 −31.7
(−25.1)		 −36.1
(−33)		 −19.0
(−2.2)
Record low °C (°F) −58.8
(−73.8)		 −59.9
(−75.8)		 −54.7
(−66.5)		 −46.8
(−52.2)		 −31.0
(−23.8)		 −13.6
(7.5)		 −3.0
(26.6)		 −7.0
(19.4)		 −18.2
(−0.8)		 −40.0
(−40)		 −50.4
(−58.7)		 −53.6
(−64.5)		 −59.9
(−75.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 21.0
(0.827)		 20.3
(0.799)		 16.4
(0.646)		 35.7
(1.406)		 64.1
(2.524)		 105.9
(4.169)		 73.8
(2.906)		 88.7
(3.492)		 61.1
(2.406)		 88.6
(3.488)		 30.3
(1.193)		 20.6
(0.811)		 626.5
(24.665)
Average precipitation days 16.6 14.7 14.7 14.6 14.7 14.0 14.0 15.4 16.4 21.4 18.0 16.0 193.5
Average relative humidity (%) 74.4 73.3 74.2 74.8 78.1 71.3 71.9 79.2 83.8 83.7 78.4 75.1 76.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 0.0 11.2 133.3 246.0 204.6 249.0 251.1 145.7 51.0 12.4 0.0 0.0 1,304.3
Source: climatebase.ru (1957-2011)[9]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp. 232-235
  9. ↑ "Saskylah, Russia". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

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