Yakutsk

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administrative center city

Yakutsk is a major city in northeastern Siberia, Russia, known as one of the coldest large cities in the world and a key administrative and cultural center of the Sakha Republic.

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Якутск 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center ⓘ
city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Дьокуускай ⓘ
Yakutsk ⓘ
surface form: Якутск
averageJanuaryTemperature about −38 °C ⓘ
averageJulyTemperature about +19 °C ⓘ
climateClassification subarctic climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
distanceFromMoscow about 4900 km east ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 100 m ⓘ
federalSubject Sakha Republic ⓘ
founded 1632 ⓘ
founder Pyotr Beketov ⓘ
hasAirport Yakutsk Airport ⓘ
hasBridgeOverLenaRiver false (no permanent bridge) ⓘ
hasExtremeTemperatureRange true ⓘ
hasMuseum Kingdom of Permafrost ⓘ
National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Russian ⓘ
Sakha Republic ⓘ
surface form: Sakha
hasStatus city under republic jurisdiction ⓘ
hasTheater Sakha Academic Theater ⓘ
hasUniversity North-Eastern Federal University ⓘ
isAdministrativeCenterOf Sakha Republic ⓘ
isCapitalOf Sakha Republic ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf Sakha Republic ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf Sakha Republic ⓘ
isRegionalCenterFor Yakut (Sakha) culture ⓘ
knownFor being one of the coldest large cities in the world ⓘ
extreme winter temperatures ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Siberia ⓘ
locatedInPermafrostZone true ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Lena River ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities administration ⓘ
education ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport hub for Yakutia ⓘ
originalFunction Cossack winter camp ⓘ
partOf Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ
populationRankInFarEasternFederalDistrict one of the largest cities ⓘ
populationRankInSakhaRepublic largest city ⓘ
summerTemperatureCanExceed +30 °C ⓘ
timeZone Yakutsk Time (seasonally, depending on Russian DST history) ⓘ
surface form: Yakutsk Time
transportConnectionToRestOfRussia road via winter ice roads and seasonal ferry ⓘ
utcOffset +9 ⓘ
winterTemperatureOftenBelow −40 °C ⓘ

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

Yakutsk → alsoKnownAs → Yakutsk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Якутск
YAKST → appliesToRegion → Yakutsk ⓘ
subject surface form: Yakutsk Time
Sakha Republic → capital → Yakutsk ⓘ
Sakha Republic → containsCity → Yakutsk ⓘ
Russia Far East → hasMajorCity → Yakutsk ⓘ
subject surface form: Russian Far East
Sakha Republic → largestCity → Yakutsk ⓘ
Batagay → locatedNorthOf → Yakutsk ⓘ
Siberia → majorCity → Yakutsk ⓘ
Lena River → majorCityOnRiver → Yakutsk ⓘ
YAKT → namedAfter → Yakutsk ⓘ
Asia/Yakutsk → primaryCity → Yakutsk ⓘ
YAKST → usedInCity → Yakutsk ⓘ
YAKT → usedInRegion → Yakutsk ⓘ