Nizhneyansk (russian: Нижнея́нск; sah, Нижнеянскай, translit=Nijneyanskay) 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

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), o ...

of 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

Deputatsky Deputatsky (russian: Депута́тский; sah, Депутатскай, translit=Deputatskay) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in t ...

, 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 the district,''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' in the

Yana River The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; sah, Дьааҥы, ''Caañı'') is a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. Course It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Including its longest ...

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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 391.

History

It was founded in the 1940s and was granted

status in 1958.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of NizhneyanskAccording 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'', Nizhneyansk is the administrative center of the Settlement of Nizhneyansk. is incorporated within

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

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Ust-Yansky District
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External links

Video: Nizhneyansk today
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