Oymyakon

Oymyakon
Оймякон
Other transcription(s)
  YakutӨймөкөөн
Location of Oymyakon
Oymyakon
Location of Oymyakon
Oymyakon
Oymyakon (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 63°27′39″N 142°47′09″E / 63.46083°N 142.78583°E / 63.46083; 142.78583
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Administrative districtOymyakonsky District
Elevation
745 m (2,444 ft)
Population
  Total
462
  Estimate 
(5 February 2018)
500–900
  Municipal districtOymyakonsky Municipal District
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 )
Postal code(s)
678752
Dialing code(s)+7 41154
OKTMO ID98639405101

Oymyakon is a rural locality (a selo) in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway. Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited human settlement on Earth.