Yuryung-Khaya

Yuryung-Khaya
Юрюнг-Хая
Үрүҥ Хайа (Sakha)
Street scene, Yuryung-Khaya
Location of Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya
Location of Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 72°48′43″N 113°13′56″E / 72.81194°N 113.23222°E / 72.81194; 113.23222
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Administrative districtAnabarsky District
Rural okrugYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug
Founded1930
Elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
  Total
1,148
  Estimate 
(January 2016)
1,120
  Capital ofYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug
  Municipal districtAnabarsky Municipal District
  Rural settlementYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement
  Capital ofYuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 )
Postal code(s)
678431
OKTMO ID98610424101

Yuryung-Khaya (Russian: Юрюнг-Хая, Yakut: Үрүҥ Хайа Ürüŋ xaya) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug of Anabarsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 160 kilometers (99 mi) from Saskylakh, the administrative center of the district.

Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,148, of whom 552 were male and 596 female, up from 1,051 recorded during the 2002 Census. Yuryung-Khaya is the only settlement in the Sakha Republic with a population composed mainly of Dolgans, and also the only substantial population of Dolgans outside the Krasnoyarsk Kray.