Vilyuysk Вилюйск | |
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Town under district jurisdiction[1] | |
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| • Yakut | Бүлүү |
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| Coordinates:63°45′N121°38′E / 63.750°N 121.633°E /63.750; 121.633 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Vilyuysky District[1] |
| TownSelsoviet | Vilyuysk[1] |
| Founded | 1634[2][1] |
| Town status since | 1783 |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| • Capital of | Vilyuysky District,[1] Town of Vilyuysk[1] |
| • Municipal district | Vilyuysky Municipal District[3] |
| • Urban settlement | Vilyuysk Urban Settlement[3] |
| • Capital of | Vilyuysky Municipal District,[4] Vilyuysk Urban Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [5]) |
| Postal codes[6] | 678200, 678202, 678219, 678229 |
| Dialing code | +7 41132 |
| OKTMO ID | 98618101001 |
| Website | www |
Vilyuysk (Russian:Вилюйск,IPA:[vʲɪˈlʲʉjsk];Yakut:Бүлүү,Bülüü) is atown and theadministrative center ofVilyuysky District in theSakha Republic,Russia, located on theVilyuy River (lefttributary of theLena), about 600 kilometers (370 mi) fromYakutsk, thecapital of the republic. As of the2010 Census, its population was 10,234.[7]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1897 | 611 | — |
| 1926 | 1,300 | +112.8% |
| 1939 | 3,147 | +142.1% |
| 1959 | 4,817 | +53.1% |
| 1970 | 6,215 | +29.0% |
| 1979 | 7,108 | +14.4% |
| 1989 | 8,988 | +26.4% |
| 2002 | 9,776 | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 10,234 | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 10,032 | −2.0% |
| Source: Census data | ||
The first permanent settlement on the site of the present town was aCossack winter settlement founded in 1634[2] asTyukanskoye orVerkhnevilyuyskoye.[citation needed]
Members of thepeasant rebellion led byYemelyan Pugachev were exiled to the area in the 1770s, building the new town ofOlensk in 1783. The town's name was derived from the Russian word "олень" (olen), meaning "stag", as still seen in the town's symbols. The town was renamed Vilyuysk after the river on which it stands in 1821.[citation needed]
Kate Marsden visited in 1891 on her mission to treatlepers in the region,[8] and returned in 1897 to establish a hospital.
Within theframework of administrative divisions, Vilyuysk serves as theadministrative center ofVilyuysky District.[1] As aninhabited locality, Vilyuysk is classified as a town under district jurisdiction.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (theselo ofSosnovka), incorporated within Vilyuysky District as theTown of Vilyuysk.[1] As amunicipal division, the Town of Vilyuysk is incorporated within Vilyuysky Municipal District asVilyuysk Urban Settlement.[3]
TheVilyuysk Airport is located near the town.[9]
Vilyuysk has an extremely continentalsubarctic climate (Köppen climate classificationDfc). Winters are extremely cold, with January average temperatures about -34.4 °C (-29.9 °F), while summers are short but very warm, with average temperatures about 19.2 °С (66.6 °F) in July. Summer temperatures are actually quite high for its altitude due to its long distance from the moderating influence of the oceans.Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year.
| Climate data for Vilyuysk | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) | −2.0 (28.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 18.6 (65.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 36.0 (96.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | −2.1 (28.2) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −30.7 (−23.3) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −11.0 (12.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | −3.2 (26.2) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −2.4 (27.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −34.4 (−29.9) | −30.1 (−22.2) | −18.1 (−0.6) | −4.4 (24.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | −6.8 (19.8) | −24.9 (−12.8) | −34.5 (−30.1) | −7.6 (18.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −38.0 (−36.4) | −34.6 (−30.3) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −11.2 (11.8) | 0.5 (32.9) | 9.9 (49.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 1.4 (34.5) | −10.3 (13.5) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −37.8 (−36.0) | −12.6 (9.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −60.9 (−77.6) | −58.0 (−72.4) | −50.0 (−58.0) | −40.2 (−40.4) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −5.3 (22.5) | 0.0 (32.0) | −6.3 (20.7) | −15.4 (4.3) | −39.8 (−39.6) | −52.7 (−62.9) | −57.9 (−72.2) | −60.9 (−77.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) | 11 (0.4) | 10 (0.4) | 11 (0.4) | 26 (1.0) | 35 (1.4) | 52 (2.0) | 43 (1.7) | 33 (1.3) | 25 (1.0) | 19 (0.7) | 14 (0.6) | 292 (11.4) |
| Average rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Average snowy days | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 143 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 68 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 16 | 95 | 204 | 267 | 290 | 317 | 342 | 252 | 153 | 83 | 44 | 5 | 2,068 |
| Source 1: pogoda.ru.net[10] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)[11] | |||||||||||||
Theminor planet2890 Vilyujsk, discovered in 1978 bySoviet astronomerLyudmila Zhuravlyova, is named after the town.[12]
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