Oy (russian: Ой) is a
rural locality (a ''
selo''), the only inhabited locality, and 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 Nemyuginsky Rural Okrug of
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 ...
in the
Sakha Republic
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,
Russia
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, located 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
;Rura ...
, the administrative center of the district.
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''] Its population as of the
2010 Census was 2,266,
[This figure is given for Nemyuginsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Khangalassky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Oy is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation.] down from 2,305 recorded during the
2002 Census.
References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Khangalassky District
*
Rural localities in Khangalassky District
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