Khocho (russian: Хочо; sah, Хочо, ''Xoço'') 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 Nakharinsky 2-y 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''] Its population as of the
2010 Census was 622,
[Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the ]Federal State Statistics Service
The Federal State Statistics Service (russian: Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Росстат), ''Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoi statistiki (Rosstat)'') is the governmental statistics ...
. 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 778 recorded during the
2002 Census.
Geography
Khocho is located in the upper reaches of the
Myla river, southeast of
Mayya, from
Nizhny Bestyakh
Nizhny Bestyakh (russian: Ни́жний Бестя́х; sah, Аллараа Бэстээх) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Megino-Kangalassky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the east bank of the Lena Riv ...
and from
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 ...
. The village is surrounded by taiga and numerous small lakes.
References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Megino-Kangalassky District
*
Rural localities in Megino-Kangalassky District
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