Yakutsk
city in eastern Russia, capital of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
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Summary
Yakutsk is a city/town in Russia[1]. Yakutsk draws 28,703 Wikipedia views per month (city town in russia category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yakutsk Urban Okrug[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Head of government: Evgeny Grigoriev[5]
- Official language: Russian[6], Yakut[7]
- Flag: flag of Yakutsk[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Fairbanks[9], Changwon[10], Harbin[11], Murayama[12], Yellowknife[13], Vaughan[14]
- Postal code: 677000–677999[15]
- Commons category: Yakutsk[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 4112[18]
- Inception: January 1, 1632[19]
- Official website: https://yakutsk.sakha.gov.ru[20], https://goyakutia.ru/[21], https://yktgorduma.ru/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yakutsk[23]
- Commons gallery: Якутск[24]
- Population: 303,836[25], 307,911[26], 311,760[27]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], The New Student's Reference Work[34], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[35], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[36]
- Capital of: Sakha[37], Yakutsk Urban Okrug[38]
- Official name: Дьокуускай[39]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Yakutsk[40]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Yakutsk[41]
- Native label: Дьокуускай[42], Якутск[43]
- Category for people buried here: Q32095707[44]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Yakutsk[45]
- Elevation above sea level: 95 m[46]
- Area: 122 km²[47]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Yakutsk include Yakutsk Airport[48], an airport[49], in Russia[50], founded in 1931[51].
Why It Matters
Yakutsk has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Yakutsk is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Yakutsk include Yakutsk Airport[48], an airport[49], in Russia[50], founded in 1931[51].