Chokurdakh (russian: Чокурда́х; sah, Чокуурдаах) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) 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 is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Allaikhovsky District of the Sakha Republic,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,367.

Geography

Chokurdakh is located on the left bank of the

Indigirka River The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The i ...

, below its confluence with the Allaikha. The

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Admini ...

lies to the west and northwest, and the

Kondakov Plateau The Kondakov Plateau ( rus, Кондаковское плоскогорье; sah, Кондаков хаптал хайалаах сирэ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The town of Chokurdakh i ...

to the east, beyond the other bank of the Indigirka.Topographic map - Chokurdakh
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History

It was founded in 1936 as the new administrative center of Allaikhovsky District, which was established in 1931. It served as a river port on the Indigirka, connecting to sea traffic using the

Northern Sea Route The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, ''Severnyy morskoy put'', shortened to Севморпуть, ''Sevmorput'') is a shipping route officially defined by Russian legislation as lying east of No ...

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status was granted to it in 1981.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of ChokurdakhAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Chokurdakh is the administrative center of the Settlement of Chokurdakh. serves as the

of Allaikhovsky District.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Allaikhovsky District as the

Settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building * Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fin ...

of Chokurdakh. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chokurdakh is incorporated within Allaikhovsky Municipal District as Chokurdakh Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z #353-III

Economy and infrastructure

Chokurdakh is not connected with the outside world by any year-round roads. 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 ...

follows the

upstream when it is frozen, traveling partly along the river ice, leading to

Ust-Nera Ust-Nera ( rus, Усть-Нера, r=; sah, Уус Ньара, translit=Uus Nyara) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in Yakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanent ...

via Belaya Gora and

Khonuu Khonuu (russian: Хонуу; sah, Хонуу, ''Xonuu'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Momsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River. Population: Geography K ...

. Chokurdakh is served by the

Chokurdakh Airport Chokurdakh Airport (sometimes written Chokurdah Airport, Cokurdah Airport) is an airport in Yakutia, Russia located 1 km north of Chokurdakh. It is a major airfield handling small transport aircraft. Google Earth Google Earth is a comp ...

, one of the most northerly airports in Russia, which may be unusable during strong winds and snowstorms.

Climate

Chokurdakh has an extreme subarctic climate ( Dfc), bordering on

polar Polar may refer to: Geography Polar may refer to: * Geographical pole, either of two fixed points on the surface of a rotating body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body rotates * Polar climate, the c ...

. Temperatures have never risen above freezing from October 20 through to April 11. The record high is 32.0 C on 23 July 2020 and the record low is -54.4 C on 9 January 1964.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Allaikhovsky District
* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic Road-inaccessible communities of the Sakha Republic Indigirka basin