Batagay

Batagay (English) Батагай (Russian) Баатаҕай (Yakut)
-  Urban-type settlement  -
Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Batagay Location of Batagay in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 67°39′N 134°39′E / 67.650°N 134.650°E / 67.650; 134.650Coordinates: 67°39′N 134°39′E / 67.650°N 134.650°E / 67.650; 134.650
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic
Administrative district	Verkhoyansky District
Settlement	Batagay
Administrative center of	Settlement of Batagay
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district	Verkhoyansky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Batagay Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Batagay Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	4,369 inhabitants
Time zone	VLAT (UTC+10:00)
Urban-type settlement status since	1945
Postal code(s)	678500, 678509

Batagay population

2010 Census	4,369
2002 Census	4,589
1989 Census	8,385
1979 Census	6,414

Batagay (Russian: Батага́й; Yakut: Баатаҕай) 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.

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Batagay in 1945.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Batagay serves as the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Verkhoyansky District as the Settlement of Batagay. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Batagay is incorporated within Verkhoyansky Municipal District as Batagay Urban Settlement.

Batagay is served by the Batagay Airport.

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