Yukagir

Yukagir
Юкагир
Дьүкээгир (Sakha)
Location of Yukagir
Yukagir
Location of Yukagir
Yukagir
Yukagir (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 71°45′00″N 139°53′00″E / 71.75000°N 139.88333°E / 71.75000; 139.88333
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Administrative districtUst-Yansky District
Rural okrugYukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Okrug
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
  Total
154
  Capital ofYukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Okrug
  Municipal districtUst-Yansky Municipal District
  Rural settlementYukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Settlement
  Capital ofYukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+10 (UTC+10:00 )
Postal code(s)
678560
OKTMO ID98656435101

Yukagir (Russian: Юкагир; Yakut: Дьүкээгир, romanized: Cükêgir) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality and the administrative center of Yukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Okrug of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 798 kilometers (496 mi) from Deputatsky, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 154, of whom 84 were male and 70 female, up from 106 recorded during the 2002 Census. The village shares its name with the Yukaghir people who are indigenous to this region.