Ulu (Russian: Улу́; Yakut: Улуу, Uluu) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Tommot in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ulu River, a tributary of the Amga, and 151 kilometers (94 mi) from Tommot. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 139;[2] down from 179 recorded in the 2002 Census.[1]
Ulu
Улу | |
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 Entrance to Ulu | |
Location of Ulu  | |
  Ulu Location of Ulu  Ulu Ulu (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 60°18′56″N 127°26′04″E / 60.31556°N 127.43444°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Aldansky District[1] |
| Town | Town of Tommot[1] |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 139 |
| • Municipal district | Aldansky Municipal District[3] |
| • Urban settlement | Tommot Urban Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (UTC+09:00  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 678957 |
| OKTMO ID | 98603105116 |
Etymology
editThe name derives from a Sakha word meaning "great".
History
editIt was founded in 1953 as a base for construction of the Lena Highway.[citation needed]
Infrastructure
editBesides the highway to the republic capital city of Yakutsk, Ulu has a railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, with the railhead having reached Ulu in August 2009.
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- ^ a b 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 (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
- ^ a b Law #173-Z 353-III
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
Sources
edit- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Aldansky District. (in Russian)
- Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).