Ulu, Russia

For other places with the same name, see Ulu (disambiguation).
Ulu (English)
Улу (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

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Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Ulu
Location of Ulu in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 60°18′56″N 127°26′04″E / 60.31556°N 127.43444°E / 60.31556; 127.43444Coordinates: 60°18′56″N 127°26′04″E / 60.31556°N 127.43444°E / 60.31556; 127.43444
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Aldansky District[1]
Town Town of Tommot[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Aldansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Tommot Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 139 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4]
Founded 1953
Postal code(s)[5] 678957
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Ulu (Russian: Улу́; Yakut: Улуу) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Tommot in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ulu River, a tributary of the Amga, and 151 kilometers (94 mi) from Tommot. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 139;[3] down from 179 recorded in the 2002 Census.[1]

Etymology

The name derives from a Sakha word meaning "great".

History

It was founded in 1953 as a base for construction of the Lena Highway.

Infrastructure

Besides the highway to the republic capital city of Yakutsk, Ulu has a railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, with the railhead having reached Ulu in August 2009.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. 1 2 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) (Russian)
  4. 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.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)

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