Yugoryonok (russian: Югорёнок) 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-Maysky District Ust-Maysky District (russian: Усть-Ма́йский улу́с; sah, Уус-Маайа улууһа, ''Uus-Maaya uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...

of the Sakha Republic,

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, located from Ust-Maya, 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 is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the district,''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' in a highly isolated region on the right bank of the Yudoma River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 272.

History

It was founded in 1940 at a river port on the Yudoma, for use as a service base for the nearby goldfields. It was initially administered from Yur, located about away. With the cessation of gold mining in the 1970s, Yur was abandoned, and Yugoryonok was granted

status in 1978. With the cessation of mining activities in the 1990s, its population has decreased dramatically.

Geography

Climate

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of YugoryonokAccording 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'', Yugoryonok is the administrative center of the Settlement of Yugoryonok. 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 Yugoryonok. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Yugoryonok is incorporated within Ust-Maysky Municipal District as Yugoryonok Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III

Transportation

Yugoryonok is located at the end of a road linking it with

Eldikan Eldikan (russian: Эльдикан; sah, Элдьикээн, ''Elcikeen'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Aldan River, northeast of Ust-Ma ...

on the

Aldan River The Aldan (russian: Алдан) is the second-longest, right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.Ust-Maysky District
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