Batagay
Батагай
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Баатаҕай |
Location of Batagay  | |
  Batagay Location of Batagay Show map of Russia Batagay Batagay (Sakha Republic) Show map of Sakha Republic | |
| Coordinates: 67°39′N 134°39′E / 67.650°N 134.650°E / 67.650; 134.650 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[2] |
| Administrative district | Verkhoyansky District[2] |
| Settlement | Batagay[2] |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1945[2] |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,369 |
| • Estimate
(2018)[4]
| 3,647 (−16.5%) |
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| • Capitalof | Settlement of Batagay[2] |
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| • Municipal district | Verkhoyansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Urban settlement | Batagay Urban Settlement[5] |
| • Capitalof | Batagay Urban Settlement[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [6]) |
| Postal code(s)[7] |
678500, 678509
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| OKTMOID | 98616151051 |
| 2010 Census | 4,369[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 4,589[8] |
| 1989 Census | 8,385[9] |
| 1979 Census | 6,414[10] |
Batagay (Russian: Батага́й; Yakut: Баатаҕай, Baatağay) is an urban locality (anurban-type settlement) and the administrative centerofVerkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,369.[3]
Batagay is located a short distance to the west of river Adycha. The Batagaika crater is located 10 km to the southeast and the Kisilyakh Range 40 km to the northeast of the town.[11]
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Batagay in 1945.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Batagay[1] serves as the administrative centerofVerkhoyansky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Verkhoyansky District as the Settlement of Batagay.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Batagay is incorporated within Verkhoyansky Municipal District as Batagay Urban Settlement.[5]
Batagay is served by the Batagay Airport.
