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Verkhnyaya Amga

Coordinates: 59°38′N 127°07′E / 59.633°N 127.117°E / 59.633; 127.117
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Verkhnyaya Amga
Верхняя Амга
Bridge over the Amga River with the village in the background
Bridge over the Amga River with the village in the background
Location of Verkhnyaya Amga
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Verkhnyaya Amga is located in Russia
Verkhnyaya Amga
Verkhnyaya Amga
Location of Verkhnyaya Amga
Verkhnyaya Amga is located in Sakha Republic
Verkhnyaya Amga
Verkhnyaya Amga
Verkhnyaya Amga (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 59°38′N 127°07′E / 59.633°N 127.117°E / 59.633; 127.117
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
Administrative districtAldansky District[1]
TownTommot[1]
Founded1938
Elevation
277 m (909 ft)
Population
 • Total
27
 • Municipal districtAldansky Municipal District[3]
 • Urban settlementTommot Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+9 (UTC+09:00 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
678956Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID98603105111

Verkhnyaya Amga (Russian: Ве́рхняя Амга́, literally Upper Amga; Yakut: Үөһээ Амма, Üöhee Amma) 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]

Geography

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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.

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ a b 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)
  3. ^ a b Law #173-Z 353-III
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

Sources

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  • 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.).