Kalvitsa

Kalvitsa (Russian: Кальвица) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kuokuysky Rural Okrug of Kobyaysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, .^[1] Its population as of the 2002 Census was 177.^[1]

Kalvitsa Кальвица
Selo[1]
Location of Kalvitsa
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Coordinates: 63°56′18″N 127°01′13″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Kobyaysky District[1]
Rural okrug	Kuokuysky Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Kobyaysky Municipal District[2]
• Rural settlement	Kuokuysky Rural Settlement[2]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [3])
Postal code(s)[4]	678300
OKTMO ID	98624424106

The village is named after the Finnish-born Soviet aviator and polar explorer Otto Kalvitsa.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Kalvitsa is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland, central Yakutia, on the left bank of the Tyugyuene river, at a distance of 22 kilometers (14 mi) —in a straight line— from Sangar, the administrative center of the district, and 30 kilometers (19 mi) from Argas, the administrative center of the rural okrug.^[5]