Osokhtokh (russian: Осохтох; sah, Оһохтоох, ''Ohoxtoox'') is a

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(a '' selo'') in Eginsky Rural Okrug of

Verkhoyansky District Verkhoyansky District (russian: Верхоя́нский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы улууһа, ''Üöhee Djaangy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, ...

in the

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, located from

Batagay Batagay (russian: Батага́й; sah, Баатаҕай, ''Baatağay'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the ...

, the

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of the district, and from Saydy, the administrative center of the rural okrug.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' Its population as of the 2010 Census was 140,Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the

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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 148 recorded during the 2002 Census.

Geography

The village is located north of the

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, by the

Baky The Baky (russian: Бакы; sah, Бакы) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the northern tributaries of the Yana. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic C ...

river.

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References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Verkhoyansky District
* Rural localities in Verkhoyansky District Yana basin {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub