Aichal

Urban-type settlement Aichal Айхал flag Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Mirny Founded 1961 Urban-type settlement since 1962 population 13,727 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 550  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41136 Post Code 678190-678191 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 231 552 Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 57 '  N , 111 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 65 ° 56 '30 "  N , 111 ° 29' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

List of large settlements in Russia

Aichal ( Yakut . And Russian Айхал ; the Yakut word stands for " fame ") is a mining settlement in the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It has the status of an urban-type settlement and has 13,727 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

It is situated in Vilyuy River basin, about 60 km south of the city udachny and the Arctic Circle and 500 km north-east of Rajonverwaltungszentrums Mirny .

The river Sochsoloch runs near the city . Translated from Yakut, the name means "river of death". Legend has it that countless reindeer drowned while trying to cross the river on the thin ice.

history

The settlement was founded in 1961 in the course of the discovery and development of the "Aichal" kimberlite vent. As early as 1962 it received the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1985 another mine, "Jubileinaja" ( Юбилейная ), was opened 20 kilometers from Aichal .

Population development

year	Residents
1970	5,386
1979	5,440
1989	11,552
2002	15,782
2010	13,727

Note: census data

economy

On the basis of the kimberlite deposits around Aichal, which have been discovered since 1960, ALROSA mines diamonds in the "Aichal" and "Jubileinaja" mines . The mining takes place in the open pit . The ores are enriched in "Factory No. 14" in the town.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

• Aichal on the web. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009 ; Retrieved March 12, 2017 (Russian). 
• Official ALROSA website