Khaptagay ( rus, Хаптагай; sah, Хаптаҕай, ''Xaptağay'', lit. ''flat'') is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug of
Megino-Kangalassky District
Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...
in the
Sakha Republic,
Russia
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, located from
Mayya, the administrative center of the district,
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''] at the
confluence of the
Myla and
Lena Rivers, near the mouth of the
Tamma in the Lena, on the
Amur–Yakutsk Mainline
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. Its population as of the
2010 Census was 1,004;
[Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the ]Federal State Statistics Service
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. 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'') down from 1,014 recorded in the
2002 Census.
Economy
The Tamginsky Ironworks operated in this area in 1735–1756. Nowadays, Khaptagay is an agricultural center, with the main aspects being cattle and horse breeding.
References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Megino-Kangalassky District
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Rural localities in Megino-Kangalassky District
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