Nizhny Bestyakh

Nizhny Bestyakh
Нижний Бестях
Other transcription(s)
  YakutАллараа Бэстээх
In Nizhny Bestyakh
Location of Nizhny Bestyakh
Nizhny Bestyakh
Location of Nizhny Bestyakh
Nizhny Bestyakh
Nizhny Bestyakh (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 61°58′N 129°55′E / 61.967°N 129.917°E / 61.967; 129.917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Administrative districtMegino-Kangalassky District
SettlementSettlement of Nizhny Bestyakh
Founded1920
Urban-type settlement status since1971
Elevation
138 m (453 ft)
Population
  Total
3,518
  Capital ofSettlement of Nizhny Bestyakh
  Municipal districtMegino-Kangalassky Municipal District
  Urban settlementNizhny Bestyakh Urban Settlement
  Capital ofNizhny Bestyakh Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 )
Postal code(s)
678080
OKTMO ID98629155051
Nizhny Bestyakh population
2010 Census3,518
2002 Census3,327
1989 Census3,997
1979 Census3,363

Nizhny Bestyakh (Russian: Ни́жний Бестя́х; Yakut: Аллараа Бэстээх, Allaraa Besteex) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Megino-Kangalassky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the east bank of the Lena River, opposite the republic's capital city of Yakutsk, 34 kilometers (21 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,518.