Teryut (; , ''Törüt'') is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Teryutsky Rural Okrug of

Oymyakonsky District Oymyakonsky District (; , ''Öymököön uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district ( raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in th ...

in the

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, located from

Ust-Nera Ust-Nera (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in Yakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, Ust-Nera is approximately northeast of t ...

, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 355,This figure is given for Teryutsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Oymyakonsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Teryut is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation. of whom 164 were male and 158 female, down from 411 as recorded during the 2002 Census.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''

Geography

Teryut is located to the southwest of the confluence of the Elgi and the

Indigirka The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...

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*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Oymyakonsky District
* Rural localities in Oymyakonsky District {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub