Ust-Maja

Urban-type settlement Ust-Maja Усть-Мая ( Russian ) Уус Маайа ( Yakut ) flag Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Ust-Maja Founded 1930 Urban-type settlement since 1957 population 2923 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41141 Post Code 678620 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 254 551 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 25 '  N , 134 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 24 '45 "  N , 134 ° 32' 15"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Ust-Maja ( Russian Усть-Ма́я ; Yakut Уус Маайа ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Russia with 2923 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 300 km as the crow flies southeast of the republic capital Yakutsk on the left bank of the most important Lena tributary, Aldan , opposite the confluence of the Maja .

Ust-Maja is the administrative center of Ulus Ust-Maiski . The settlement is the seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Ust-Maja, which also includes the village of Ust-Judoma , about 150 km south not far from the confluence of the Judoma into the Maja.

history

The settlement was in 1930 as a basis for the development of the east, in the catchment areas of the rivers Yudoma River and Allach-Jun nearby goldfields founded. The place name refers to the location at the mouth of the Maja ( Ust- from Russian ustje for mouth ). In 1931 Ust-Maja became the administrative center of the newly formed Ulus ( Rajons ). Since 1957 Ust-Maja has had the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1972 the settlement lost its function as the administrative seat of the Rajon administration to the Solnetschny mining settlement , but received it back in 1992.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1325
1959	2290
1970	2819
1979	2990
1989	3514
2002	3165
2010	2923

Note: census data

traffic

Ust-Maja is the end point of an almost 250 km long winter slope from the north-west neighboring Uluszentrum Amga , which in turn can be reached via the R502 road from Nizhny Bestjach near Jakutsk via Maija . Another winter slope runs from Ust-Maja to the left bank of the Aldan opposite the settlement of Eldikan , a good 50 km northeast (downstream) , from where a paved road leads through the gold mining areas in the east of the Ulus to Jugorjonok on the Judoma. There are vague plans to expand the winter roads for year-round operation, first to Ust-Maja and then further along the old Amgino-Ajanski trakt (Amga-Ajan-Trakt) trade route to Ajan , the shortest possible connection between Central Yakutia and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to accomplish.

The small Ust-Maja airport ( ICAO code UEMU ) is located about 8 km southwest of the settlement directly on the Aldan near the village of Petropavlovsk .

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)
2. ↑ Article in Dalnevostočnyj kapital , 5/2010 (Russian)