Yukagir

This article is about the rural settlement in the Sakha Republic. For the people called Yukaghir, see Yukaghir people.

Yukagir (Russian: Юкагир; Yakut: Дьүкээгир, romanized: Cükêgir) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality and the administrative center of Yukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Okrug of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 798 kilometers (496 mi) from Deputatsky, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 154,^[2] of whom 84 were male and 70 female, up from 106 recorded during the 2002 Census.^[1] The village shares its name with the Yukaghir people who are indigenous to this region.

Yukagir Юкагир Дьүкээгир (Sakha)
Selo[1]
Location of Yukagir
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Coordinates: 71°45′00″N 139°53′00″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Ust-Yansky District[1]
Rural okrug	Yukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Okrug[1]
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	154
Administrative status
• Capital of	Yukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Ust-Yansky Municipal District[3]
• Rural settlement	Yukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Yukagirsky National (Nomadic) Rural Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+10 (UTC+10:00 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	678560
OKTMO ID	98656435101

See also

• Siberia portal