Mokhsogollokh (russian: Мохсоголло́х; sah, Мохсоҕоллоох ''Moxsoğolloox'') 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 ...

) in

Khangalassky District Khangalassky District (russian: Хангала́сский улу́с; sah, Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Xaŋalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

of the Sakha Republic,

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, located on the left bank of the Lena River, from

Pokrovsk Pokrovsk (russian: Покро́вск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic, a town under republic jurisdiction in Khangalassky District of the Sakha Republic ;R ...

, the

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of the district.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,698.

History

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 1964.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of MokhsogollokhAccording 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'', Mokhsogollokh is the administrative center of the Settlement of Mokhsogollokh. is incorporated within

as the

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

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Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Khangalassky District
* {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2014 Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic Populated places on the Lena River