Tiksi

Tiksi
Тикси
Other transcription(s)
  YakutТиксии
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Tiksi
Location of Tiksi
Tiksi
Tiksi (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 71°39′N 128°52′E / 71.650°N 128.867°E / 71.650; 128.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Administrative districtBulunsky District
SettlementSettlement of Tiksi
Founded1933
Urban-type settlement status since1939
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
  Total
5,063
  Estimate 
(January 2016)
4,556
  Capital ofBulunsky District, Settlement of Tiksi
  Municipal districtBulunsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementTiksi Urban Settlement
  Capital ofBulunsky Municipal District, Tiksi Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 )
Postal code(s)
678400, 678403, 678409
Dialing code(s)+7 41167
OKTMO ID98612151051

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.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1939697    
19594,833+593.4%
19708,099+67.6%
19799,505+17.4%
198911,649+22.6%
20025,873−49.6%
20105,063−13.8%
20214,173−17.6%
Source: Census data