Khandyga
Khandyga
Хандыга | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Хаандыга |
Location of Khandyga | |
| Coordinates: 62°39′09″N 135°34′03″E / 62.65250°N 135.56750°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Tomponsky District |
| Settlement | Khandyga |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1957 |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,638 |
| • Capital of | Tomponsky District, Settlement of Khandyga |
| • Municipal district | Tomponsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Khandyga Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Tomponsky Municipal District, Khandyga Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 678719, 678720 |
| OKTMO ID | 98650151051 |
| Website | www |
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| 2010 Census | 6,638 |
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| 2002 Census | 7,025 |
| 1989 Census | 9,536 |
| 1979 Census | 7,176 |
Khandyga (Russian: Хандыга; Yakut: Хаандыга, Xaandıga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, 380 kilometers (240 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,638.