Tiksi
Tiksi
Тикси | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Тиксии |
View of Tiksi | |
Location of Tiksi | |
| Coordinates: 71°39′N 128°52′E / 71.650°N 128.867°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Bulunsky District |
| Settlement | Settlement of Tiksi |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1939 |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,063 |
• Estimate (January 2016) | 4,556 |
| • Capital of | Bulunsky District, Settlement of Tiksi |
| • Municipal district | Bulunsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Tiksi Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Bulunsky Municipal District, Tiksi Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 678400, 678403, 678409 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41167 |
| OKTMO ID | 98612151051 |
Tiksi (Russian: Ти́кси, IPA: [ˈtʲiksʲɪ]; Yakut: Тиксии, Tiksii – lit. a moorage place) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the shore of the Buor-Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea, southeast of the delta of the Lena River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,063.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 697 | — |
| 1959 | 4,833 | +593.4% |
| 1970 | 8,099 | +67.6% |
| 1979 | 9,505 | +17.4% |
| 1989 | 11,649 | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 5,873 | −49.6% |
| 2010 | 5,063 | −13.8% |
| 2021 | 4,173 | −17.6% |
| Source: Census data | ||