Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic

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Pokrovsk
Покровск
Town under republic jurisdiction [1]
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Pokrovsk
Pokrovsk (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 61°29′N129°09′E / 61.483°N 129.150°E / 61.483; 129.150
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic [1]
Administrative district Khangalassky District [1]
Town Pokrovsk [1]
Founded1682
Town status since1998
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census) [2]
 • Total9,495
 •  Capital ofKhangalassky District, [1] Town of Pokrovsk [1]
 •  Municipal district Khangalassky Municipal District [3]
 • Urban settlementPokrovsk Urban Settlement [3]
 •  Capital ofKhangalassky Municipal District, [4] Pokrovsk Urban Settlement [3]
Time zone UTC+9 (UTC+09:00   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg [5] )
Postal code(s) [6]
678000–678002, 678009
Dialing code(s) +7 41144
OKTMO ID98644101001
Pokrovsk population
2010 Census 9,495 [2]
2002 Census 10,092 [7]
1989 Census 9,283 [8]
1979 Census 7,342 [9]

Pokrovsk ( ‹See Tfd› Russian : Покро́вск; Yakut : Покровскай, Pokrovskay) is a town and the administrative center of Khangalassky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River, 78 kilometers (48 mi) southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,495. [2]

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History

It was first founded by the Cossacks in 1682 as the ostrog of Karaulny Mys (Карау́льный Мыс), meaning "watchtower point".[ citation needed ] It later became the selo of Pokrovskoye (Покро́вское).[ citation needed ] It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Pokrovsk in 1941; town status was granted to it in 1998.[ citation needed ]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pokrovsk serves as the administrative center of Khangalassky District. [1] As an inhabited locality, Pokrovsk is classified as a town under republic jurisdiction. [1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Khangalassky District as the Town of Pokrovsk. [1] As a municipal division, the Town of Pokrovsk is incorporated within Khangalassky Municipal District as Pokrovsk Urban Settlement. [3]

Transport

The Lena Highway connecting Yakutsk with the destinations further south is on the opposite bank of the Lena River, passing through the selo of Kerdyom.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #173-Z #353-III
  4. ↑ Law #172-Z #351-III
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000](XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia](XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

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