Batagay
title: "Batagay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic", "populated-places-of-arctic-russia", "road-inaccessible-communities-of-the-sakha-republic", "yana-basin"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batagay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian inhabited locality"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Batagay |
| ru_name | Батагай |
| loc_name1 | Баатаҕай |
| loc_lang1 | Yakut |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| federal_subject | Sakha Republic |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Verkhoyansky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Batagay |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Settlement |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Settlement of Batagay |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Urban-type settlement |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Verkhoyansky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Batagay Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Batagay Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 4369 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| current_cat_date | 1945 |
| current_cat_date_ref | |
| postal_codes | 678500, 678509 |
| :: |
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Geography
Batagay is located a short distance to the west of river Adycha. The Batagaika crater is located 10 km to the southeast and the Kisilyakh Range 40 km to the northeast of the town.
History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Batagay in 1945.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Batagay serves as the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Verkhoyansky District as the Settlement of Batagay. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Batagay is incorporated within Verkhoyansky Municipal District as Batagay Urban Settlement.
Transportation
Batagay is served by the Batagay Airport.
References
Notes
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Verkhoyansky District.
References
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- "Kigilyakhi of Yakutia".
- ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
- According 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'', Batagay is the administrative center of the Settlement of Batagay.
- Law #173-Z #353-III
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