| En name | Khaptagay |
|---|---|
| Ru name | Хаптагай |
| Loc name 1 | Хаптаҕай |
| Loc lang 1 | Sakha |
| Coordinates | 61°47′N 129°47′E |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Adm district jur | Megino-Kangalassky District |
| Adm selsoviet jur | Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug |
| Adm ctr of | Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug |
| Inhabloc cat | Rural locality |
| Mun district jur | Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District |
| Rural settlement jur | Khaptagaysky Rural Settlement |
| Mun admctr of | Khaptagaysky Rural Settlement |
| Pop 2010census | 1004 |
| Postal codes | 678083 |
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
- ^ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- ^ 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)