Suntar

Village Suntar Сунтар ( Russian ) Сунтаар ( Yakut ) Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Suntar head Djulustan Nikiforov Founded 1764 Village since 1910 population 10,034 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 125  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41135 Post Code 678290 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 248 855 001 Geographical location Coordinates 62 ° 9 '  N , 117 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 9 '30 "  N , 117 ° 38' 40"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

List of large settlements in Russia

Suntar ( Russian Сунтар ; Yakut Сунтаар / Suntaar ) is a village in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) with 10,034 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the northern edge of the Lena Plateau , about 630 kilometers as the crow flies west of the republic capital Yakutsk , on the left bank of the Vilyui .

Suntar is the administrative center of the Ulus (Rajons) Suntarski and, as its only locality, the seat of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Suntarski nasleg. Over 90% of the population are Yakuts . One breed of the Yakut horse is named after Suntar.

history

The founding year of the place is 1764, when the Russian-Orthodox Church of the Church of the Virgin Mary Temple (Vvedensky Church) was built in the area, which has been populated by Yakuts since the 17th century . The place that developed around the church developed into the center of the Nasleg (lowest Yakut administrative unit) Suntarski by the end of the 19th century; on November 24, 1910 he received the official status of a village (selo) together with the nearby, now defunct settlement Novo-Alexandrowka .

With the establishment of the Rajon (today Ulus) Suntarski on January 9, 1930, the village became its administrative seat.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1,585
1959	3,877
1970	5,702
1979	6.338
1989	6,707
2002	8,930
2010	10,034

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Suntar there is a museum complex dedicated to the Yakut folk singer Sergei Swerew-Kyyl Uola (1900–1973), who was born in Nasleg .

Economy and Infrastructure

Suntar is the center of an agricultural area (cattle and horse husbandry, cultivation of grain, vegetables and fodder plants) with several processing companies for regional needs.

The village lies on the highway A331 Vilyuy River on the section Yakutsk with the diamond mining town of Mirny connects the west of the republic. To the east of the village, the Wiljui is crossed by a ferry in summer and by ice road in winter .

In Suntar there is a pier at the navigable Wijui and about three kilometers to the north a small airport ( ICAO code UENS ), from which there is a connection with the capital of the republic.

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

• Suntarski nasleg on the Republic administration website (Russian, archived version)