Nizhny Bestjach

Urban-type settlement Nizhny Bestjach Нижний Бестях ( Russian ) Аллараа Бэстээх ( Yakut ) Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Meginzen Kangalassy First mention 1920s Urban-type settlement since 1971 population 3518 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41143 Post Code 678080 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 229 555 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 57 '  N , 129 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 57 '30 "  N , 129 ° 54' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Nizhny Bestjach ( Russian Нижний Бестях , Yakut Аллараа Бэстээх ) is an urban-type settlement on the east bank of the Lena in the Russian republic of Sakha .

Nizhny Bestjach has 3518 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010), has been the administrative seat of Ulus Megino-Kangalasski since 2007 and is located on the M56 "Lena" / "Kolyma" road . A railway line to Nizhny Bestjach, the Amur-Yakut Magistrale , which ends here until further notice, was completed in November 2011. Passenger traffic started in July 2019. On the opposite bank of the Lena is the capital of Sakha, Yakutsk . The Lena is two kilometers wide here, and it can increase fivefold when the snow melts. Yakutsk has no rail connection, and there is no bridge here.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	3363
1989	3997
2002	3327
2010	3518

Note: census data

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)

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