Verkhoyansk

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Verkhoyansk is a small town in the Sakha Republic of Russia known as one of the coldest permanently inhabited places on Earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
urban locality
administrativeCenterOf Verkhoyansky District
climateClassification subarctic climate
climateType continental
country Russia
foundedAs Cossack outpost
foundedIn 17th century
governingBody administration of Verkhoyansky District
hasCharacteristic remote settlement
sparsely populated area
hasClimateFeature large annual temperature range
short summers
very long, severe winters
hasEconomicActivity fishing
fur hunting
reindeer herding
hasExtremeSeasonality true
hasFeature permafrost
polar climate characteristics
hasNearbyMountainRange Verkhoyansk Range
hasRecord one of the lowest temperatures recorded in the Northern Hemisphere
hasRelativelyWarmSummers true
hasStatus town under district jurisdiction
hasTransport river transport on the Yana River
winter roads
hasVeryColdWinters true
historicalUse place of political exile in Imperial Russia
knownFor being one of the coldest permanently inhabited places on Earth
extremely low winter temperatures
languageUsed Russian
Sakha language
locatedIn Asian part of Russia
Eastern Siberia
Far Eastern Federal District
Sakha Republic
Yana-Indigirka Lowland region
Eastern Siberia
surface form: northeastern Siberia
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
locatedOnRiver Yana River NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Russian
partOf Verkhoyansky District
permanentlyInhabited true
populationTrend small population
regionType Arctic and subarctic region
timeZone Magadan Time
surface form: Yakutsk Time

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Batagay hasRoadConnection Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk Range namedAfter Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk Range passesNear Verkhoyansk