Uelkal

Uelkal (English)
Уэлькаль (Russian)
валъкалык (Yupik)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Uelkal
Location of Uelkal in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 65°32′N 179°17′W / 65.533°N 179.283°W / 65.533; -179.283Coordinates: 65°32′N 179°17′W / 65.533°N 179.283°W / 65.533; -179.283
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district Iultinsky District[2]
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Municipal district Iultinsky Municipal District[3]
Rural settlement Uelkal Rural Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Uelkal Rural Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 243 inhabitants[4][5]
Population (January 2014 est.) 210 inhabitants[6]
Time zone PETT (UTC+12:00)[7]
Postal code(s)[8] 689215
Dialing code(s) +7 42734[9]

Uelkal (Russian: Уэлькаль; Yupik: валъкалык, lit. Whale Jaw) is a village (selo) in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 243 (2010 Census);[4] [5] a slight reduction on a 2003 estimate of 258, of whom 208 were indigenous people,[10] which itself showed a slight increase, up from 202 the previous year.[10] The village is located approximately 100 kilometers (60 mi) away from the administrative centre of Egvekinot,[10] at the western side of the mouth of Kresta Bay. Municipally, Uelkal is subordinated to Iultinsky Administrative District and incorporated as Uelkal Rural Settlement.[3]

Geography

Uelkal is situated on the south side of Cape Annyualkal spit at the entrance to Kresta Bay, by the Bering Sea, 174 km from the District centre Egvekinot. The village is the most western settlement in Russia in the western hemisphere and the most western Eskimo settlements in the world.

History

The village was founded in 1920 by settlers from Cape Chaplino. During World War II, this was the eastern stage on the ALSIB Uelkal-Krasnoyarsk route for US-made lend-lease warplanes to Russia.[11] During the mid-1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency suspected that a major bomber staging base was being built at Uelkal capable of reaching United States,[12] however the Soviets instead built the facility at Anadyr Ugolny Airport 102 miles (164 km) to the south and the Uelkal airfield fell into decline. Until the early 2000s near the village acted as tropospheric intermediate relay station number 20/103, part of the "North" link (call sign - "Kazan").[13] As of 2002, it had 258 inhabitants, of whom 202 were indigenous people,[10] though this has reduced significantly in the last decade, with 2014 estimates indicating a population of only 210.[6]

Economy

The village has a secondary school, a medical assistant-midwife centre, a pharmacy, a communications centre, and a store.[10] The main sources of livelihood for the residents of this town are hunting seals, walrus, and whales, which is done as part of the municipal agricultural enterprise "Nanuk" (Russian: Нанук).[14] In the village there is a high school, a kindergarten, a local hospital, pharmacy, home culture, communication center and shop as well as a rural folk club, the Chukchi-Eskimo group "Imlya", youth groups "Kiyagnyk" (lit. "Life") and "Avsinahak" (lit. "pups").[15]

Transport

Uelkal is not connected to any other part of the world by road however, there is a small network of roads within the village including:[16]

Climate

Uelkal has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).[17]

Climate data for Uelkal
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 2
(36)		 7
(45)		 5.9
(42.6)		 10
(50)		 17.5
(63.5)		 26.2
(79.2)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25
(77)		 20.6
(69.1)		 8.9
(48)		 7.2
(45)		 6.3
(43.3)		 26.2
(79.2)
Average high °C (°F) −16
(3)		 −13.4
(7.9)		 −12
(10)		 −6.3
(20.7)		 2.5
(36.5)		 10.1
(50.2)		 13.5
(56.3)		 12.6
(54.7)		 7.2
(45)		 −1
(30)		 −7.7
(18.1)		 −13.4
(7.9)		 −2
(28)
Average low °C (°F) −22.8
(−9)		 −20.8
(−5.4)		 −20
(−4)		 −13.9
(7)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 2.7
(36.9)		 7.3
(45.1)		 6.9
(44.4)		 1.7
(35.1)		 −6
(21)		 −13.6
(7.5)		 −19.6
(−3.3)		 −6.8
(19.8)
Record low °C (°F) −46.1
(−51)		 −46.7
(−52.1)		 −40.6
(−41.1)		 −32.4
(−26.3)		 −23.5
(−10.3)		 −5.3
(22.5)		 −1
(30)		 −3
(27)		 −10
(14)		 −20.1
(−4.2)		 −30.7
(−23.3)		 −36.6
(−33.9)		 −46.1
(−51)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 32.7
(1.287)		 29.6
(1.165)		 34.5
(1.358)		 23
(0.91)		 32.9
(1.295)		 44.8
(1.764)		 71
(2.8)		 83.7
(3.295)		 52.7
(2.075)		 52
(2.05)		 48.5
(1.909)		 23.3
(0.917)		 528.7
(20.815)
Average snowy days 13 13 12 13 15 2 0 0 3 16 15 12 114
Source: [18]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Law #33, Article 12.2
  2. ↑ Law #33, Article 16.2
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #149, Article 8
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 The results of the 2010 Census are given for Uelkal Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Iultinsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Uelkal is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Uelkal Rural Settlement.
  6. 1 2 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2014 года (Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.).
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  9. ↑ Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Iultinsky District (Russian)
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Red Cross of Chukotka. Iultinsky District (Archived)
  11. ↑ Strogoff, p.129
  12. ↑ Soviet Gross Capabilities for Attacks on the U.S. and Key Overseas Installations, National Intelligence Estimate 11-7-55, Central Intelligence Agency, 1955.
  13. ↑ Село Уэлькаль (Uelkal Village) trrlserver.org
  14. ↑ Отраслевой бизнес-справочник предприятий России Directory of Russian Industrial Companies, actinfo.ru
  15. ↑ Екатерина Зиберт — Крайний Север, 11 декабря 2012 года Yekatarina Eibert, Karayny Sever, 11 December 2012
  16. ↑ Pochtovik Mail Delivery Service Iultinsky District (Russian)
  17. ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp.232-5
  18. ↑ "Weather Averages for Uelkal from meoweather.com". meoweather.com. Retrieved October 8, 2012.

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