Maija (place)

Village Maija Майя ( Russian ) Майа ( Yakut ) Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Meginzen Kangalassy Founded 1902 population 7,288 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 145  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41143 Post Code 678070 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 229 815 001 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 44 ′  N , 130 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 44 ′ 15 "  N , 130 ° 16 ′ 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Maija ( Russian Ма́йя ; Yakut Майа ) is a village (selo) in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia with 7288 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is 45 km as the crow flies southeast of the republic capital Yakutsk on the lake of the same name, without any drainage.

Maija belongs to Ulus Megino-Kangalasski and is located a good 30 km southeast of its administrative center Nizhny Bestjach . The village is the seat and only locality of the rural municipality (selskoje posselenije) Selo Maija.

history

The place, mainly inhabited by Yakuts , was founded in 1902. Since 1930 Maija was the administrative seat of an ulus ( Rajons ), but lost this function in 2007 to the smaller, but closer to Yakutsk and more conveniently located urban-type settlement Nizhny Bestjach.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1008
1959	2762
1970	4552
1979	5344
1989	6348
2002	7023
2010	7288

Note: census data

traffic

Maija is located on the regional road R502, which connects Nizhny Bestjach with the village and ulus administration center Amga .

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)