Ust-Maya
Усть-Мая
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Уус Маайа |
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Location of Ust-Maya  | |
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| Coordinates: 60°25′N 134°33′E / 60.417°N 134.550°E / 60.417; 134.550 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[2] |
| Administrative district | Ust-Maysky District[2] |
| Settlement | Ust-Maya[2] |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1957[2] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,923 |
| • Estimate
(2018)[4]
| 2,586 (−11.5%) |
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| • Capitalof | Settlement of Ust-Maya[2] |
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| • Municipal district | Ust-Maysky Municipal District[5] |
| • Urban settlement | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement[5] |
| • Capitalof | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [6]) |
| Postal code(s)[7] |
678620, 678629
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| OKTMOID | 98654151051 |
| 2010 Census | 2,923[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 3,165[8] |
| 1989 Census | 3,514[9] |
| 1979 Census | 2,990[10] |
Ust-Maya (Russian: Усть-Ма́я; Yakut: Уус Маайа, Uus Maaya) is an urban locality (anurban-type settlement) and the administrative centerofUst-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, southeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,293.[3]
Ust-Maya is located on the north bank of the Aldan River opposite the mouth of the Maya River. The Sette-Daban mountain range rises to the east of the town.[11]
Ust-Maya was founded in 1930 as a base for gold mining activities on the Allakh-Yun and Yudoma Rivers to the east.[citation needed] It became the administrative center of the newly created Ust-Maysky District in 1931.[citation needed] During World War II, an airfield was built here for the Alaska-Siberian air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.[12] In 1957, Ust-Maya was granted urban-type settlement status.[2] In 1972, the administrative center of the district was moved to Solnechny, where it remained until 1992, when it was moved back to Ust-Maya.[citation needed]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Maya[1] serves as the administrative centerofUst-Maysky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the seloofUst-Yudoma), incorporated within Ust-Maysky District as the Settlement of Ust-Maya.[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Maya is incorporated within Ust-Maysky Municipal District as Ust-Maya Urban Settlement.[5]
There are no year-round roads connecting Ust-Maya with outside world; however, winter roads connect it to Eldikan and Amga.
The Ust-Maya Airport (IATA: UMS) is located in the seloofPetropavlovsk, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the southeast.
Ust-Maya has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd). Winters are extremely cold with average temperatures from −43.0 to −35.3 °C (−45.4 to −31.5 °F) in January, while summers are warm with average temperatures from +12.1 to +25.4 °C (53.8 to 77.7 °F). Precipitation is quite low and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.
| Climate data for Ust-Maya (1991-2020, extremes 1893-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
35.3 (95.5) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −34.2 (−29.6) |
−26.5 (−15.7) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−34.9 (−30.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −38.3 (−36.9) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
−19 (−2) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−26 (−15) |
−38.2 (−36.8) |
−8.3 (17.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −41.7 (−43.1) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−27.9 (−18.2) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−29.9 (−21.8) |
−41.3 (−42.3) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −60.2 (−76.4) |
−60 (−76) |
−54.1 (−65.4) |
−38.7 (−37.7) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−17 (1) |
−38.3 (−36.9) |
−54.4 (−65.9) |
−59.4 (−74.9) |
−60.2 (−76.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.8 (0.46) |
8.3 (0.33) |
8.1 (0.32) |
11.0 (0.43) |
28.6 (1.13) |
34.3 (1.35) |
53.7 (2.11) |
50.8 (2.00) |
44.5 (1.75) |
29.5 (1.16) |
19.5 (0.77) |
10.9 (0.43) |
311 (12.24) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 76 |
| Average snowy days | 23 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 128 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 40 | 124 | 229 | 256 | 283 | 313 | 320 | 245 | 153 | 95 | 75 | 21 | 2,154 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net[13] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[14] | |||||||||||||
