Sangar (Sacha)

Urban-type settlement Sangar Сангар ( Russian ) Сангаар ( Yakut ) Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Kobjai Founded 1928 Urban-type settlement since 1940 population 4,377 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 80  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41163 Post Code 678300 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 224 551 Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 55 '  N , 127 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 55 '15 "  N , 127 ° 28' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Sangar ( Russian Санга́р ; Yakut Сангаар ) is an urban-type settlement in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia with 4,377 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 240 km as the crow flies north-northwest of the republic capital Yakutsk in the Central Yakut lowlands . It is located on the right bank of the Lena , about 10 km above the confluence of the Chochuma tributary . To the southeast of the village, the 430  m high mountain Baatal-Chajata rises above the otherwise mostly flat Lena valley in this area .

Sangar is the administrative center of Ulus Kobjaiski . The settlement is the seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Sangar, which also includes the villages of Aviaport (4 km northwest) and Smoroditschny (a good 3 km southeast, both on the Lenaufer).

history

The settlement was founded in 1928 in connection with the beginning of the development of a hard coal deposit. Sangar has had urban-type settlement status since 1940. In 1959 the administrative seat of the ulus was moved from Kobjai village to Sangar.

As a result of the cessation of coal mining in the 1990s, more than half of the residents left the place.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	4,900
1970	6,685
1979	10,252
1989	10,107
2002	4,789
2010	4,377

Note: census data

traffic

Sangar is not connected to the fixed road network; There is only a connection to the places of the community. In the ice-free time there is a ship connection on the Lena; in winter an ice road is created on the river. The town's airport near the village of Awiaport ( ICAO code UEMS ) is currently not regularly served.

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)