Chokur roof

Urban-type settlement Tschokurdach Чокурдах ( Russian ) Чокуурдаах ( Yakut ) coat of arms Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Allaicha Founded 1936 Urban-type settlement since 1981 population 2367 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 41158 Post Code 678800 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 206 551 Geographical location Coordinates 70 ° 37 '  N , 147 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 70 ° 37 '0 "  N , 147 ° 53' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Tschokurdach ( Russian Чокурда́х ; Yakut Чокуурдаах ) is an urban-type settlement in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in Russia with 2367 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 1250 km as the crow flies northeast of the republic capital Yakutsk in the Jana Indigirka lowlands on the left bank of the Indigirka below the confluence of the Allaicha .

Tschokurdach is the administrative center of Ulus Allaichowski and the seat and only locality of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Tschokurdach.

history

The place was founded in 1936 as the administrative seat for the Ulus ( Rajon ) created in 1931 and the river port with the beginning of the development of the Northern Sea Route . Tschokurdach has had the status of an urban-type settlement since 1981.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1116
1970	2403
1979	3375
1989	3845
2002	2591
2010	2367

Note: census data

traffic

Tschokurdach is not connected to the fixed road network. It can be reached via a winter track that follows the Indigirka from Ust-Nera down via Chonuu and Belaja Gora , mostly on the ice of the river. The river port is one of the northernmost in Russia; the navigation period is only a good three months.

There is an airport immediately north of the settlement ( IATA airport code CKH; ICAO code UESO ).

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)