Batagay-Alyta (russian: Батагай-Алыта; sah, Баатаҕай Алыыта, ''Baatağay Alııta'', ), also known as Sakkyryr (russian: Саккырыр; sah, Саккырыыр, ''Saqqırıır'', ) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Eveno-Bytantaysky National District Eveno-Bytantaysky National District (russian: Эве́но-Бытанта́йский национа́льный улу́с; sah, Эбээн-Бытантай улууһа, ''Ebeen-Bıtantay uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha ...

in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

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. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,832.

Geography

Batagay-Alyta is located on the eastern flank of the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...

, and southeast of the southern end of the

Sietinden Range The Sietinden Range (russian: Сиетиндэнский хребет; sah, Сиэтэндэ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.Kular Range The Kular Range (russian: хребет Кулар, ''Khrebet Kular''; sah, Кулар сис, Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of the Sa ...

. The town lies about to the north of the capital

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...

and a few kilometers from the left bank of the Ulakhan-Sakkyryr River, a tributary of the

Bytantay The Bytantay (russian: Бытантай; sah, Бытантай) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Yana, and is long, with a drainage basin of . Course The river begins in the eastern flank of th ...

History

It was founded in 1936 as the administrative center for the then newly created Sakkyryrsky District. It lost this function with the dissolution of the district in 1963, but regained it with the creation of Eveno-Bytantaysky District in 1989.

Demographics

Population: The population includes a large proportion of

Evens The Evens ( eve, эвэн; pl. , in Even and , in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the ...

, with the

Even language The Even language , also known as Lamut, Ewen, Eben, Orich, Ilqan (russian: Эве́нский язы́к, earlier also ), is a Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia. It is spoken by widely scattered communities of reindeer herders f ...

taught in the local school.

Transportation

Batagay-Alyta is served by the

Sakkyryr Airport Sakkyryr Airport (russian: Аэропорт Саккырыр) is an airport serving the urban locality of Batagay-Alyta, Eveno-Bytantaysky National District, in the Sakha Republic of Russia, along the Yana River The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=� ...

. There are no year-round roads connecting to Batagay-Alyta, although a

winter road A winter road is a seasonal road only usable during the winter, i.e. it has to be re-built every year. This road typically runs over land and over frozen lakes, rivers, swamps, and sea ice.Proskin et al, 2011. Guidelines for the Construction an ...

offers a route east to

Verkhoyansk Verkhoyansk ( rus, Верхоянск, p=vʲɪrxɐˈjansk; sah, Верхоянскай, ''Verkhoyanskay'') is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, from Batagay, the ad ...

and

Batagay Batagay (russian: Батага́й; sah, Баатаҕай, ''Baatağay'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the ...

when the rivers are frozen.

Climate

Batagay-Alyta has an extremely cold

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''Dfd'') with long, extremely cold winters and short, mild (sometimes warm) summers. The seasonal temperature variation is among the greatest in the world. Precipitation is very low, but somewhat higher in the summer.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Eveno-Bytantaysky National District
* {{Authority control Rural localities in the Sakha Republic Populated places of Arctic Russia Road-inaccessible communities of the Sakha Republic