Sakha

Republic of Sakha
Республика Саха (Russian)
Саха Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ (Yakut)
—  Republic  —

Flag of Sakha

Coat of Arms of Sakha
Coordinates: 66°24′N 129°10′E / 66.400°N 129.167°E / 66.400; 129.167
Political status
CountryRussia
Federal districtFar Eastern Federal District[1]
Economic regionFar Eastern Economic Region[2]
EstablishedApril 27, 1922
CapitalYakutsk
Government (as of May 2018)
 • HeadAysen Nikolayev
 • LegislatureIl Tumen (State Assembly)
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[3]
 • Total3,083,523 km2 (1,190,555 sq mi)
Area rank1st
Population (2010 Census)
 • Total958,528
 • Rank55th
 • Density[4]0.31/km2 (0.80/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2RU-SA
License plates14
Official languagesRussian;[5] Yakut, Yukaghir
Official website

The Republic of Sakha also known as Yakutia[6] is one of 85 federal subjects of Russia. It is in the Siberia area of Russia. It is grouped and governed as part of the Far Eastern District. The Far Eastern District contains ten other federal subjects too. Sakha is the largest federal subject of Russia. It stretches across three time zones between UTC+9 and UTC+11. The name Yakutia is also used to refer to the same area. The Yakut people speak a Turkic language.

  1. Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. The density value was calculated by dividing the population reported by the 2010 Census by the area shown in the "Area" field. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox is not necessarily reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  6. "Sakha | republic, Russia | Britannica".

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