Amga (rural locality)
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| Amga (English) Амга (Russian) Амма (Sakha) |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of 2010) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Amginsky District[1] |
| Rural okrug | Amginsky Rural Okrug[2] |
| Administrative center of | Amginsky District,[2] Amginsky Rural Okrug[2] |
| Municipal status (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Amginsky Municipal District[3] |
| Rural settlement | Amginsky Rural Settlement[3] |
| Administrative center of | Amginsky Municipal District,[3] Amginsky Rural Settlement[3] |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census) | 6,533 inhabitants[1] |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00)[4] |
| Founded | 1652[citation needed] |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 678600 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41142[citation needed] |
| [[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Amga]] on Wikimedia Commons | |
Amga (Russian: Амга́; Yakut: Амма) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Amginsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia,[2] located on the Amga River. It also the only inhabited locality and the administrative center of Amginsky Rural Okrug within Amginsky District.[2] Population: 6,533 (2010 Census);[1] 6,359 (2002 Census);[6] 5,191 (1989 Census).[7]
Etymology
The name Amga is derived from an Evenk word meaning gorge or ravine.
History
It was first founded by the Cossacks in 1652 as the ostrog (fortress) of Amga-Sloboda (Амга-Слобода).[citation needed] The first church was built in 1680, but it burned down later and was subsequently rebuilt a number of times. Agriculture has been conducted in the area since 1695; it was the first place in Yakutia used for growing crops.
Amga was a place of political exile in the Russian Empire, with the most famous exile being Vladimir Korolenko, who was exiled here for six years in 1879.
It was also the site for fighting during the Russian Civil War.
Somewhere in the area was the old river crossing of Amginsk.[8] From about 1750 to 1850, a horse track led northwest to Yakutsk. Across the river, one route led south to Uda Bay and the other went southeast to Ust-Maya and from there south to Ayan. From perhaps 1662, there were a few Russian peasants in the area, but agriculture was usually unsuccessful. In 1737, Stepan Krasheninnikov noted that they had abandoned agriculture and were distinguishable from their Yakut neighbors only in religion.
Climate
| Climate data for Amga | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −10.0 (14) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
38.2 (100.8) |
35.0 (95) |
31.1 (88) |
16.0 (60.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−2.8 (27) |
38.2 (100.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −35.6 (−32.1) |
−30.6 (−23.1) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
1.4 (34.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.0 (77) |
21.6 (70.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−34.0 (−29.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −39.4 (−38.9) |
−36.2 (−33.2) |
−22.7 (−8.9) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
−37.9 (−36.2) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −44.5 (−48.1) |
−42.9 (−45.2) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−1.1 (30) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
−43.0 (−45.4) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −60.0 (−76) |
−60.0 (−76) |
−52.2 (−62) |
−42.2 (−44) |
−15.0 (5) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−42.6 (−44.7) |
−57.2 (−71) |
−58.9 (−74) |
−60.0 (−76) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8.7 (0.343) |
8.8 (0.346) |
19.2 (0.756) |
15.4 (0.606) |
38.9 (1.531) |
45.7 (1.799) |
54.1 (2.13) |
51.4 (2.024) |
42.9 (1.689) |
42.3 (1.665) |
16.9 (0.665) |
8.8 (0.346) |
353.1 (13.902) |
| Average precipitation days | 17.1 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 16.7 | 152.7 |
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References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Law #173-Z 353-III
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ James R Gibson,"Feeding the Russian Fur Trade",1969
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Amginsky District. (Russian)
- Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
