{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Batagay |ru_name=Батагай |loc_name1=Баатаҕай |loc_lang1=Yakut |image_skyline= |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|67|39|N|134|39|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa= |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sakha Republic |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Verkhoyansky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Batagay |adm_selsoviet_type=Settlement |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of=Settlement of Batagay |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |inhabloc_cat=Urban-type settlement |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="StatusNote" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Verkhoyansky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref531" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Batagay Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref531" /> |mun_admctr_of=Batagay Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref531" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=4369 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1945 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=678500, 678509 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} {{Infobox |title=Batagay population |bodystyle=width:23.5em; |label1=2010 Census |data1=4,369<ref name="2010Census" /> |label2=2002 Census |data2=4,589<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref> |label3=1989 Census |data3=8,385<ref name="1989Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}</ref> |label4=1979 Census |data4=6,414<ref name="1979Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1979Census}}</ref> }} '''Batagay''' ({{langx|ru|Батага́й}}; {{langx|sah|Баатаҕай}}, ''Baatağay'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,369.<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>
==Geography== Batagay is located a short distance to the west of river Adycha. The Batagaika crater is located 10 km to the southeast and the Kisilyakh Range 40 km to the northeast of the town.<ref name="narod">{{Cite web |url=http://st-yak.narod.ru/index4-22-1.html |title=Kigilyakhi of Yakutia |access-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508141019/http://st-yak.narod.ru/index4-22-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== Urban-type settlement status was granted to Batagay in 1945.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist">''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Batagay<ref name="StatusNote">According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Batagay is the administrative center of the Settlement of Batagay.</ref> serves as the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Verkhoyansky District as the '''Settlement of Batagay'''.<ref name="SakhaR_admlist" /> As a municipal division, the Settlement of Batagay is incorporated within Verkhoyansky Municipal District as '''Batagay Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="Ref531">Law #173-Z #353-III</ref>
==Transportation== Batagay is served by the Batagay Airport.
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131113122109/http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12523 Verkhoyansky District]. {{in lang|ru}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list1}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sa|mun|list0}}
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Category:Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic Category:Populated places of Arctic Russia Category:Road-inaccessible communities of the Sakha Republic Category:Yana basin