Ust-Maya
| Ust-Maya (English) Усть-Мая (Russian) Уус Маайа (Yakut) |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Ust-Maysky District |
| Settlement | Ust-Maya |
| Administrative center of | Settlement of Ust-Maya |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Ust-Maysky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 2,923 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1957 |
| Postal code(s) | 678620, 678629 |
| 2010 Census | 2,923 |
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| 2002 Census | 3,165 |
| 1989 Census | 3,514 |
| 1979 Census | 2,990 |
Ust-Maya (Russian: Усть-Ма́я; Yakut: Уус Маайа) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the north bank of the Aldan River opposite the mouth of the Maya River, southeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,293.
Ust-Maya was founded in 1930 as a base for gold mining activities on the Allakh-Yun and Yudoma Rivers to the east. It became the administrative center of the newly created Ust-Maysky District in 1931. During World War II, an airfield was built here for the Alaska-Siberian air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front. In 1957, Ust-Maya was granted urban-type settlement status. In 1972, the administrative center of the district was moved to Solnechny, where it remained until 1992, when it was moved back to Ust-Maya.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Maya serves as the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Ust-Yudoma), incorporated within Ust-Maysky District as the Settlement of Ust-Maya. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Maya is incorporated within Ust-Maysky Municipal District as Ust-Maya Urban Settlement.
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