Tongulakh
Тонгулах
Selo[1]
Location of Tongulakh
Tongulakh is located in Russia
Tongulakh
Tongulakh
Location of Tongulakh
Tongulakh is located in Sakha Republic
Tongulakh
Tongulakh
Tongulakh (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 61°57′N 124°32′E / 61.950°N 124.533°E / 61.950; 124.533
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
Administrative districtGorny District[1]
Rural okrugMaltaninsky Rural Okrug[1]
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total10
 • Municipal districtGorny Municipal District[3]
 • Rural settlementMaltaninsky Rural Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
678030Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID98620433106

Tongulakh (Russian: Тонгулах) is a rural locality (a selo) in Maltaninsky Rural Okrug of Gorny District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 258 kilometers (160 mi) from Berdigestyakh, the administrative center of the district, and 70 kilometers (43 mi) from Keptin, the administrative center of the rural okrug.[1] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 10;[2] down from 11 recorded in the 2002 Census.[1]

Climate

The region is known for its climate extremes and is one of the coldest areas in the Northern Hemisphere. On 18 January 2023, a temperature of −62.7 °C (−80.9 °F) was recorded at Tongulakh, an all-time low for the area and the lowest in Russia since February 2002.[6]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 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) (in Russian)
  3. 1 2 Law #173-Z 353-III
  4. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ↑ "Temperature in Siberia drops to -62.7°C, lowest in 21 years". BNO News. Retrieved January 18, 2023.

Sources

  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Gorny District. (in Russian)}
  • Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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