Berkakit

Berkakit (russian: Беркаки́т; sah, Беркакит) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,291.

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1977.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of BerkakitAccording to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Berkakit is the administrative center of the Settlement of Berkakit. is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Berkakit. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Berkakit is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Berkakit Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III

Transportation

Berkakit sits on both the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline and Amur–Yakutsk Highway.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Neryungrinsky District

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Urban-type settlements in the Sakha Republic