Yanranay
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Yanranay (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Janraňaj) is a rural locality (a selo) in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located just to the west of Pevek. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 [1] Municipally, Yanranay is subordinated to Chaunsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Yanranay Rural Settlement.[2]
History
Yanranay was founded in 1954[3] or 1960[3][4] when several formerly nomadic enterprises were grouped together to form kolkhozes (collective farms). The Chukchi who live here originally came from Cape Shelag, to the north.[3] Modern Yanranay is a typical ethnic Chukotkan village, consisting of one- or two-story houses, with basic facilities including a school, stores, a library, and a House of Culture.[3] The name for the village translates from the Chukchi as "Solitary Mountain" as the settlement is at the foot of a mountain of the same name.[5]
Change in municipal status
Prior to October 2010, Yanranay served as the administrative center of Yanranay Rural Settlement—a municipal division of Chaunsky Municipal District. On October 20, 2010, Yanranay Rural Settlement was abolished with its territory merged into Pevek Urban Settlement. As an inhabited locality, however, the status of Yanranay remains unchanged.
Demographics
The population according to the 2010 census was 217,[6] of whom 113 were male and 104 female.[1] According to the official Chaunsky District website was estimated at 209,[3] down slightly from 226 in 2005 according to an environmental impact report produced for the Kupol Gold Project,[7] which itself was down slightly on a 2003 estimate of 240,[4] most of whom are of Chukchi descent.
Transportation
Yanranay is only connected by a Script error: No such module "convert". dirt road to Pevek, with a journey time of 40–50 minutes.[3]
Climate
Yanranay has a Tundra climate (ET)[8] because the warmest month has an average temperature between Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert"..
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See also
References
Notes
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- ↑ a b Strogoff, p. 110
- ↑ V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР (Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR) (1989) Magadan. p.446
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- ↑ Bema Gold Corporation, p.87
- ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp.235–237
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Sources
- Bema Gold Corporation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia June 2005.
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- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #33-OZ of June 30, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #55-OZ of June 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.). Template:In lang
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #46-OZ of November 29, 2004 On the Status, Borders, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #125-OZ of December 2, 2011 On Amending Appendix 2 of the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Status, Borders, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication date.). Template:In lang
- M Strogoff, P-C Brochet, and D. Auzias Petit Futé: Chukotka (2006). "Avant-Garde" Publishing House.
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