Khandyga

Khandyga (Russian: Хандыга; Yakut: Хаандыга, Xaandıga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, 380 kilometers (240 mi) northeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,638.

Khandyga
Хандыга
Other transcription(s)
  YakutХаандыга
Location of Khandyga
Khandyga
Location of Khandyga
Khandyga
Khandyga (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 62°39′09″N 135°34′03″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Administrative districtTomponsky District
SettlementKhandyga
Founded1938
Urban-type settlement status since1957
Population
  Total6,638
  Estimate 
(2018)
6,095 (−8.2%)
Administrative status
  Capital ofTomponsky District, Settlement of Khandyga
Municipal status
  Municipal districtTomponsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementKhandyga Urban Settlement
  Capital ofTomponsky Municipal District, Khandyga Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 )
Postal code(s)
678719, 678720
OKTMO ID98650151051
Websitewww.sakha.gov.ru/section/88/settlement/2719
Khandyga population
2010 Census6,638
2002 Census7,025
1989 Census9,536
1979 Census7,176
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