Bechencha (russian: Беченча; sah, Бэтинчэ, ''Betinçe'') 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''), the only inhabited locality, 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 ...

of Bechenchinsky Rural Okrug of Lensky District 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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, located from

Lensk Lensk ( rus, Ленск, p=lʲɛnsk; sah, Лиэнскэй, ''Lienskey'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Lensky District, Sakha Republic, Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of ...

, the administrative center of the district.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' Its population as of the 2010 Census was 786,This figure is given for Bechenchinsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Lensky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Bechencha is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation. up from 777 recorded during the 2002 Census.

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*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Lensky District
* Rural localities in Lensky District, Sakha Republic {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub