Yakutia

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Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic, is a vast, sparsely populated region in northeastern Siberia renowned for its extreme cold, rich mineral resources, and expansive taiga and tundra landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Yakutia canonical 29
Northeast Siberia 1
northeastern Siberia 1

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal subject of Russia
republic of Russia
area about 3,083,500 square kilometers
areaRankInRussia 1
bordersWith Amur Oblast
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Evenk Autonomous Okrug (historical)
Irkutsk Oblast
Kamchatka Krai
Khabarovsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai

Magadan Oblast
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
surface form: Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (via Arctic maritime boundary)

Zabaykalsky Krai
capital Yakutsk
climate extreme continental climate
subarctic climate
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Sakha Republic
containsCity Aldan
Lensk
Mirny
Neryungri
Yakutsk
containsLake Lake Labynkyr
containsMountainRange Chersky Range
Verkhoyansk Range
containsRiver Aldan River
Indigirka River
Kolyma River
Lena River
Vilyuy River
containsSettlement Oymyakon
Verkhoyansk
country Russia
economicActivity fishing
forestry
mining
reindeer herding
ethnicGroup Evenks
Evens
Russians
Sakha (Yakut) people
Yukaghirs
flag Flag of the Sakha Republic
foundedAsAdministrativeUnit 1922
governingBody Head of the Sakha Republic
hasCoastOn East Siberian Sea
Laptev Sea
highestTemperatureRecorded over 35 °C
ISOCode RU-SA
knownFor coal deposits
diamond mining
extreme cold temperatures
gold deposits
natural gas reserves
permafrost
rich mineral resources
tundra landscapes
vast taiga forests
largestCity Yakutsk
legislature State Assembly (Il Tumen)
locatedIn North Asia
surface form: Northeastern Asia

Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East

Siberia
lowestTemperatureRecorded below −60 °C
nativeName Sakha Republic
surface form: Республика Саха (Якутия)

Sakha Republic
surface form: Саха Республика
officialLanguage Russian
Sakha language
officialName Sakha Republic
partOf Eastern Siberia
surface form: East Siberian economic region

Far Eastern Federal District
population around 1,000,000 inhabitants
populationDensity very low
previousName Sakha Republic
surface form: Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
religion Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

Sakha shamanism
shortName Sakha Republic
surface form: Sakha
timeZone Yakutsk Time
vehicleRegistrationCode 14

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lena River flowsThrough Yakutia
Amur Oblast bordersWith Yakutia
Sakha Republic alsoKnownAs Yakutia
Sakha Republic locatedIn Yakutia
this entity surface form: northeastern Siberia
Kolyma Mountains locatedIn Yakutia
Batagay locatedIn Yakutia
Tiksi locatedIn Yakutia
Even traditionalTerritory Yakutia
Sakha (Yakut) people primaryRegion Yakutia
subject surface form: Sakha people
Lensk federalSubject Yakutia
Neryungri locatedIn Yakutia
Dalstroy operationalArea Yakutia
this entity surface form: Northeast Siberia
Mirny locatedIn Yakutia
Olyokma River mouthLocation Yakutia
Aldan locatedIn Yakutia
Sannikov Strait locatedIn Yakutia
Buotama River locatedIn Yakutia
Yakut spokenIn Yakutia
Evenki language region Yakutia
Asia/Ust-Nera region Yakutia
Batagaika crater locatedIn Yakutia
Batagay Airport locatedIn Yakutia
BQJ locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Yakutia
subject surface form: Batagay Airport
Verkhoyansky District partOf Yakutia
Faddeyevsky Island region Yakutia