Churapcha (russian: Чурапча́; sah, Чурапчы) is a

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(a '' selo'') and the

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Churapchinsky District Churapchinsky District (russian: Чурапчинский улу́с; sah, Чурапчы улууһа, ''Churapchy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (rai ...

in the Sakha Republic,

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. Population:

Geography

Churapcha is located by the lake of the same name, which drains to the left of the Tatta River, a tributary of the

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flowing a few kilometers to the southeast. The town lies east of the republic's

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in the basin of the Aldan River, a

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of the

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History

It was founded in 1725 after opening the road (''trakt'') from Yakutsk to

Okhotsk Okhotsk ( rus, Охотск, p=ɐˈxotsk) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Okhotsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located at the mouth of the Okhota River on the Sea of Okhotsk. Population: Hi ...

, which was supposed to allow post and trade to reach the

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. The road passed through very rough and isolated terrain and was never fully operational, eventually being officially closed in 1852. In 1930, Churapcha became the

of Churapchinsky District and soon thereafter was connected by road to the outside world through the construction of the

Kolyma Highway The R504 Kolyma Highway (russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», ''Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma»,'' "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road throu ...

Transportation

The

from

Magadan Magadan ( rus, Магадан, p=məɡɐˈdan) is a port town and the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Sea of Okhotsk in Nagayev Bay (within Taui Bay) and serving as a gateway to the Kolyma region. History Ma ...

runs through Churapcha.

Climate

Churapcha has an extremely continental subarctic climate (

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: Dfd), with average winter temperatures even colder than nearby, more northerly

. The summers are very warm and on average maybe warmest for Dfd/Dwd/Dsd climates. Churapcha is one of the very few places on earth where difference between average summer and winter temperature exceeds 60° C. Precipitation is significantly lower in the winter.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Churapchinsky District