Khaptagay
En nameKhaptagay
Ru nameХаптагай
Loc name 1Хаптаҕай
Loc lang 1Sakha
Coordinates61°47′N 129°47′E
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Adm district jurMegino-Kangalassky District
Adm selsoviet jurKhaptagaysky Rural Okrug
Adm ctr ofKhaptagaysky Rural Okrug
Inhabloc catRural locality
Mun district jurMegino-Kangalassky Municipal District
Rural settlement jurKhaptagaysky Rural Settlement
Mun admctr ofKhaptagaysky Rural Settlement
Pop 2010census1004
Postal codes678083

Khaptagay (Russian: Хаптагай; sah: Хаптаҕай, Xaptağay, lit. flat) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 36 kilometers (22 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district,[1] at the confluence of the Myla and Lena Rivers, near the mouth of the Tamma in the Lena, on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,004;[2] down from 1,014 recorded in the 2002 Census.[1]

Economy

The Tamginsky Ironworks operated in this area in 1735–1756. Nowadays, Khaptagay is an agricultural center, with the main aspects being cattle and horse breeding.

References

Notes

  1. ^ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ^ Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам Archived March 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)

Sources

  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Megino-Kangalassky District. (in Russian)