Nagorny, Sakha Republic

For other places with the same name, see Nagorny (inhabited locality).
Nagorny (English)
Нагорный (Russian)
Нагорнай (Yakut)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Nagorny
Location of Nagorny in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 55°57′N 124°55′E / 55.950°N 124.917°E / 55.950; 124.917Coordinates: 55°57′N 124°55′E / 55.950°N 124.917°E / 55.950; 124.917
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district Neryungrinsky District[2]
Settlement Settlement of Nagorny[2]
Administrative center of Settlement of Nagorny[2]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Neryungrinsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Zolotinka Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 68 inhabitants[4]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[5]
Founded 1920s
Urban-type settlement status since 1941[2]
Nagorny population
2010 Census 68[4]
2002 Census 152[6]
1989 Census 913[7]
1979 Census 3,184[8]

Nagorny (Russian: Наго́рный; Yakut: Нагорнай) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district,[2] on the right bank of the Timpton River on the northern flank of the Stanovoy Highlands, only 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from the border with Amur Oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 68.[4]

History

It was founded in the 1920s in conjunction with the construction of the road connecting the Aldan River region and Yakutsk with the Trans-Siberian Railway. In 1927, Nagorny became the administrative center of Timptonsky District and remained the most populous inhabited locality in southern Yakutia into the 1940s. In 1941, it was granted urban-type settlement status,[2] although the district administration was moved to Chulman in 1943.

Nagorny received a second lease of life in the mid-1970s, with the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline branch railway from Tynda to Neryungri. A new temporary settlement was created around the settlement's railway station, about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the southeast, to house thousands of construction workers.

With the completion of the railway and in the absence of any other economic development, the majority of the local population left again during the 1980s and 1990s. The remaining population is concentrated in the original settlement. Nagorny is planned to be entirely depopulated in the near future.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Nagorny[1] is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Nagorny.[2] As a municipal division, the territories of the Settlement of Nagorny and the Settlement of Zolotinka are incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Zolotinka Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

Nagorny is served by the nearby Nagornaya–Yakutskaya railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline. It is also on the A360 Lena Highway, the main road to Yakutsk.

Climate

Climate data for Nagorny, Sakha Republic
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) −2.2
(28)
−1.9
(28.6)
8.4
(47.1)
15.0
(59)
29.0
(84.2)
35.1
(95.2)
35.0
(95)
30.9
(87.6)
30.0
(86)
16.1
(61)
7.0
(44.6)
−2.0
(28.4)
35.1
(95.2)
Average high °C (°F) −24.3
(−11.7)
−20.3
(−4.5)
−10.9
(12.4)
−0.3
(31.5)
10.1
(50.2)
19.2
(66.6)
21.5
(70.7)
18.7
(65.7)
10.2
(50.4)
−2.6
(27.3)
−16.1
(3)
−23.7
(−10.7)
−2.2
(28)
Daily mean °C (°F) −28.7
(−19.7)
−25.6
(−14.1)
−17.1
(1.2)
−6.0
(21.2)
4.2
(39.6)
12.3
(54.1)
15.0
(59)
12.1
(53.8)
4.2
(39.6)
−8.1
(17.4)
−21.3
(−6.3)
−28.1
(−18.6)
−7.9
(17.8)
Average low °C (°F) −34.0
(−29.2)
−31.9
(−25.4)
−25.0
(−13)
−14.2
(6.4)
−3.3
(26.1)
4.1
(39.4)
7.2
(45)
4.7
(40.5)
−2.4
(27.7)
−14.9
(5.2)
−27.6
(−17.7)
−33.4
(−28.1)
−14.8
(5.4)
Record low °C (°F) −51.3
(−60.3)
−51.0
(−59.8)
−45.0
(−49)
−31.0
(−23.8)
−19.4
(−2.9)
−6.1
(21)
−5.6
(21.9)
−7.0
(19.4)
−16.1
(3)
−36.1
(−33)
−46.0
(−50.8)
−53.9
(−65)
−53.9
(−65)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8.3
(0.327)
6.6
(0.26)
10.6
(0.417)
29.7
(1.169)
49.5
(1.949)
104.1
(4.098)
136.9
(5.39)
122.1
(4.807)
7.8
(0.307)
29.8
(1.173)
14.1
(0.555)
8.6
(0.339)
595.1
(23.429)
Average precipitation days 16.2 14.4 12.5 10.9 14.5 11.8 13.2 12.1 13.1 17.6 17.1 15.8 169.2
Source: [10]

References

Notes

  1. 1 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, Nagorny is the administrative center of the Settlement of Nagorny.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  3. 1 2 3 Law #173-Z 353-III
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  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. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  9. Official website of Neryungrinsky Municipal District. Historical and Geographical Reference (Russian)
  10. "Weather Averages for Nagorny, Sakha Republic (1948-2011)". climatebase.ru. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

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