Verkhnyaya Amga
Verkhnyaya Amga (Russian: Ве́рхняя Амга́, literally Upper Amga) is a rural locality (a selo), one of five settlements, in addition to Tommot, the administrative centre of the settlement, the Urban-type settlement of Bezymyanny, and the villages of Ulu and Yllymakh in the Town of Tommot of Aldansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located 186 kilometers (116 mi) from Aldan, the district centre and 111 kilometers (69 mi) from Tommot. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 27;[2] up from 19 recorded in the 2002 Census.[1]
Verkhnyaya Amga Верхняя Амга | |
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Bridge over the Amga River with the village in the background | |
Location of Verkhnyaya Amga | |
Verkhnyaya Amga Location of Verkhnyaya Amga Verkhnyaya Amga Verkhnyaya Amga (Sakha Republic) | |
Coordinates: 59°38′N 127°07′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
Administrative district | Aldansky District[1] |
Town | Tommot[1] |
Founded | 1938 |
Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 27 |
• Municipal district | Aldansky Municipal District[3] |
• Urban settlement | Tommot Urban Settlement[3] |
Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00 |
Postal code(s)[5] | 678956 |
OKTMO ID | 98603105111 |
Geography
It is located on the right bank of the Amga River. The village is the location of road and rail bridges over the Amga River, carrying the highway to Yakutsk and the Amur Yakutsk Mainline railway. It is served by a railway station, named simply Amga. The village was founded in 1938 as a service point during the construction of the highway to Yakutsk.
References
Notes
- Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
- Law #173-Z 353-III
- "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Aldansky District. (in Russian)
- Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).