Verkhneviljuisk

Village Verkhneviljuisk Верхневилюйск ( Russian ) Үөһээ Бүлүү ( Yakut ) Federal district far East republic Sakha (Yakutia) Ulus Verkhneviljuisk population 6457 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41133 Post Code 678230 License Plate 14th OKATO 98 214 812 001 Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 27 '  N , 120 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 26 '45 "  N , 120 ° 19' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Sakha Republic

Verkhneviljuisk ( Russian Верхневилюйск ; Yakut Үөһээ Бүлүү , Üöhee Bülüü ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Russia with 6457 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The village is about 500 km in a straight line west-northwest of the Republic capital of Yakutsk on the right bank of the largest left Lena -Nebenflusses Vilyuy River .

Verkhneviljuisk is the administrative center of the Verkhneviljuiski ulus . The village is the seat and only locality of the rural commune (selskoje posselenije) Verkhneviljuiski nasleg.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1637 as a Cossack winter camp. It developed into a larger village around the 1780s and became an independent administrative unit in 1835. Since 1935 Verkhneviljuisk has been the administrative seat of an ulus ( Rajons ) in its present form.

Russian and Yakut place names are derived from upper Wiljui and refer to the location on the river above the city of Wiljuisk , although on its middle course.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	979
1959	2898
1970	4304
1979	5428
1989	6431
2002	6555
2010	6457

Note: census data

traffic

Verkhnevilyuysk is located on section Mirny  - Yakutsk the highway A331 Vilyuy River . The road changes there from the left bank upstream to the right bank downstream of the river about 1 km wide, in summer with a car ferry , in winter over an ice road.

There is a small airport ( ICAO code UENI ) on the north-western edge of the town .

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)