Verkhnyaya Amga

Verkhnyaya Amga (English)
Верхняя Амга (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Bridge over the Amga River with the village in the background

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Verkhnyaya Amga
Location of Verkhnyaya Amga in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 59°38′N 127°07′E / 59.633°N 127.117°E / 59.633; 127.117Coordinates: 59°38′N 127°07′E / 59.633°N 127.117°E / 59.633; 127.117
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Aldansky District[1]
Town Tommot[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Aldansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Tommot Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 27 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4]
Founded 1938
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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;[3] up from 19 recorded in the 2002 Census.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. 1 2 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. 1 2 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) (Russian)
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).

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