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Artyk, Sakha Republic

Artyk Артык
Urban-type settlement[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Yakut	Аартык
Artyk, 2021
Location of Artyk
Artyk Location of Artyk Show map of Russia Artyk Artyk (Sakha Republic) Show map of Sakha Republic
Coordinates: 64°10′45″N 145°07′45″E / 64.17917°N 145.12917°E / 64.17917; 145.12917
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[2]
Administrative district	Oymyakonsky District[2]
Settlement	Settlement of Artyk[2]
1930s	1957 (Julian)
Urban-type settlement status since	1957[2]
Elevation	736 m (2,415 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	509
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	429 (−15.7%)
Administrative status
• Capitalof	Settlement of Artyk[2]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Oymyakonsky Municipal District[5]
• Urban settlement	Artyk Urban Settlement[5]
• Capitalof	Artyk Urban Settlement[5]
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	678735
OKTMOID	98639153051

Artyk (Russian: А́ртык, Yakut: Аартык, romanized: Aartık) is an urban locality (anurban-type settlement) in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 130 kilometers (81 mi) from Ust-Nera, the administrative center of the district,^[2] on the right bank of the Nera River, just above the mouth of its tributary the Artyk, after which the urban-type settlement is named. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 509.^[3]

History[edit]

It was founded in the 1930s as a base for construction of the Kolyma Highway.^{[citation needed]} It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1957.^[2] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, most of the inhabitants moved elsewhere and the population plunged by 75% during the 1990s.

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Artyk,^[1] together with one rural locality (the seloofDelyankir), is incorporated within Oymyakonsky District as the Settlement of Artyk.^[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Artyk is incorporated within Oymyakonsky Municipal District as Artyk Urban Settlement.^[5]

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Sources[edit]

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Oymyakonsky 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.).