Zhatay ( rus, Жата́й, p=ʐɐˈtaj; sah, Сатай, Һатай, ''Satay'', ''Hatay'') is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the
city of republic significance of
Yakutsk in 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 ...
,
Russia, located on the left bank of the
Lena River
The Lena (russian: Ле́на, ; evn, Елюенэ, ''Eljune''; sah, Өлүөнэ, ''Ölüöne''; bua, Зүлхэ, ''Zülkhe''; mn, Зүлгэ, ''Zülge'') is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean ...
, downstream of Yakutsk. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 9,504.
History
Previously called Zhataystroy (), it was granted
urban-type settlement status and renamed on April 28, 1948.
[Official website of Zhatay]
History
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, the
urban-type settlement of Zhatay
[According 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'', Zhatay is the administrative center of the Settlement of Zhatay.] and eleven
rural localities are subordinated to the
city of republic significance of
Yakutsk, which is an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
.
[''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''] As a
municipal division, Zhatay is incorporated as Zhatay Urban Okrug.
[Law #174-Z #355-III] Yakutsk and the eleven rural localities are independently incorporated as Yakutsk Urban Okrug.
Transportation
Zhatay is a river port with a shipyard.
References
Notes
Sources
*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Yakutsk
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Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic
Populated places on the Lena River