Kanchalan () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in

Anadyrsky District Anadyrsky District (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Kagyrgyn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #148-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Rus ...

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, located northwest of

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, the

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of the

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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 629,The results of the 2010 Census and the 2018 estimate are given for Kanchalan Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Anadyrsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Kanchalan is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Kanchalan Rural Settlement. with an estimated population as of 1 January 2015 of 525.

Geography

Kanchalan is located on the banks of the Kanchalan, one of the three rivers which, together with the

and the Belaya, flows into the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...

at the

Gulf of Anadyr The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay (), is a large bay on the Bering Sea in far northeast Siberia. It has a total surface area of Location The bay is roughly rectangular and opens to the southeast. The corners are (clockwise from the south) Cape ...

History

The river Kanchalan, on the right bank of which Kanchalan stands, was shown as the Nerpichya on the 17th–18th century maps.Electoral Commission of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kanchalan
The sedentary

Chukchi people The Chukchi, or Chukchee (, ''ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, o'ravètḷʹèt''), are a Siberian ethnic group native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean all within modern Russia. They s ...

living in the vicinity were calling themselves ''konchalyt'' (lit. ''the onlies''), that name, in the form of "Kanchalan", transferred first to the river and eventually to the inhabited locality. Modern Kanchalan was founded in 1952.Official website of Anadyrsky District
Kanchalan Rural settlement

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kanchalan is subordinated to

.Directive #517-rp Within the framework of municipal divisions, Kanchalan is a part of Kanchalan Rural Settlement within Anadyrsky Municipal District.Law #148-OZ

Economy

As with many of the rural localities throughout Chukotka, the population of Kanchalan is overwhelmingly indigenous (around 90%),Red Cross Chukotka
Anadyrsky District
(archived) mainly Chukchi. The main economic driver is

reindeer The reindeer or caribou (''Rangifer tarandus'') is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, taiga, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only re ...

herding, although there is also seasonal fishing near the mouth of the Gyrmekuul River. Residents maintain traditional methods of reindeer husbandry. Kanchalan's infrastructure includes a store, a communication center, a school, and a house of culture. In 2004, Kanchalan underwent a major repair project where all housing was repaired and 110 new houses built.Chukotken.ru
On Monday, the Residents of the ''Selo'' of Kanchalan in Anadyrsky District Will Start a New Life
October 8, 2004.

Transport

Kanchalan is not connected to the outside world by any road network.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, Kanchalan's population was 629, In remained essentially flat for the past several years, with the 2003 estimate reported in the 2005 environmental impact report produced for the Kupol Gold Project being 635.Bema Gold Corporation, p. 87 Of that population, 540 were of indigenous origin.Bema Gold Corporation, p. 89

Religion

Kanchalan's religious facilities include a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.Official website of Anadyr and Chukotka Diocese
Overview Map

Climate

Kanchalan has a continental

subarctic The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of hemiboreal regions and covering much of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Fennoscandia, Northwestern Russia, Siberia, and the Cair ...

climate (''Dfc'').McKnight and Hess, pp. 232–235 It experiences extremely cold winters. Temperatures generally do not rise above freezing between the beginning of October and the following May and are generally below between the beginning of December and the following March. The summer is short and mild with temperatures averaging above in July only, although record temperatures of nearly have been recorded.

References

Notes

Sources

* * *Bema Gold Corporation
Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia
June 2005. * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2014 Rural localities in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyrsky District