Chokurdakh
title: "Chokurdakh" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic", "road-inaccessible-communities-of-the-sakha-republic", "indigirka-basin"] topic_path: "general/urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokurdakh" 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 | Chokurdakh |
| ru_name | Чокурдах |
| loc_name1 | Чокуурдаах |
| loc_lang1 | Yakut |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | bottom |
| image_coa | Coat of Arms of Chokurdakh (Yakutia).gif |
| federal_subject | Sakha Republic |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Allaikhovsky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Settlement of Chokurdakh |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Settlement |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of1 | Allaikhovsky District |
| adm_ctr_of1_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of2 | Settlement of Chokurdakh |
| adm_ctr_of2_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Urban-type settlement |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Allaikhovsky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Chokurdakh Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Allaikhovsky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Chokurdakh Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 2367 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| pop_latest | 2068 |
| pop_latest_date | January 2016 |
| pop_latest_ref | |
| established_date | 1936 |
| current_cat_date | 1981 |
| current_cat_date_ref | |
| postal_codes | 678800, 678819 |
| :: |
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Geography
Chokurdakh is located on the left bank of the Indigirka River, below its confluence with the Allaikha. The Yana-Indigirka Lowland lies to the west and northwest, and the Kondakov Plateau to the east, beyond the other bank of the Indigirka.
History
It was founded in 1936 as the new administrative center of Allaikhovsky District, which was established in 1931. It served as a river port on the Indigirka, connecting to sea traffic using the Northern Sea Route. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1981.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Chokurdakh serves as the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Allaikhovsky District as the Settlement of Chokurdakh. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Chokurdakh is incorporated within Allaikhovsky Municipal District as Chokurdakh Urban Settlement.
Economy and infrastructure
Chokurdakh is not connected with the outside world by any year-round roads. A winter road follows the Indigirka River upstream when it is frozen, traveling partly along the river ice, leading to Ust-Nera via Belaya Gora and Khonuu.
Chokurdakh is served by the Chokurdakh Airport, one of the most northerly airports in Russia, which may be unusable during strong winds and snowstorms.
Climate
Chokurdakh has an extreme subarctic climate (Dfc), bordering on polar. Temperatures have never risen above freezing from October 20 through to April 11. The record high is 32.0 C on 23 July 2020 and the record low is -54.4 C on 9 January 1964.
|width=auto |location=Chokurdakh |single line=yes |metric first=yes |Jan record high C=-8.1 |Feb record high C=-9.0 |Mar record high C=-2.5 |Apr record high C=4.9 |May record high C=23.7 |Jun record high C=31.4 |Jul record high C=32.0 |Aug record high C=29.3 |Sep record high C=20.6 |Oct record high C = 6.1 |Nov record high C = -0.9 |Dec record high C = -6.0 |year record high C = 32.0 |Jan high C = -30.0 |Feb high C = -29.3 |Mar high C = -23.0 |Apr high C = -12.3 |May high C = -1.2 |Jun high C = 11.7 |Jul high C = 15.8 |Aug high C = 12.5 |Sep high C = 4.4 |Oct high C = -7.7 |Nov high C = -20.1 |Dec high C = -27.7 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -33.4 |Feb mean C = -32.7 |Mar mean C = -27.1 |Apr mean C = -16.9 |May mean C = -4.9 |Jun mean C = 6.7 |Jul mean C = 10.6 |Aug mean C = 8.1 |Sep mean C = 1.6 |Oct mean C = -10.2 |Nov mean C = -23.3 |Dec mean C = -31.0 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -36.6 |Feb low C = -35.9 |Mar low C = -30.7 |Apr low C = -21.4 |May low C = -8.3 |Jun low C = 2.7 |Jul low C = 6.5 |Aug low C = 4.6 |Sep low C = -0.8 |Oct low C = -13.0 |Nov low C = -26.4 |Dec low C = -34.3 |year low C = |Jan record low C = -54.4 |Feb record low C = -50.3 |Mar record low C = -48.2 |Apr record low C = -42.6 |May record low C = -30.0 |Jun record low C = −11.2 |Jul record low C = -1.3 |Aug record low C = -4.8 |Sep record low C = -18.2 |Oct record low C = -35.1 |Nov record low C = -46.9 |Dec record low C = -49.8 |year record low C = -54.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 10.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 10.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 10.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 8.3 |May precipitation mm = 10.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 16.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 23.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 24.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 22.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 23.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 20.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 14.3 |year precipitation mm = |Jan humidity = 79 |Feb humidity = 79 |Mar humidity = 79 |Apr humidity = 79 |May humidity = 81 |Jun humidity = 75 |Jul humidity = 75 |Aug humidity = 82 |Sep humidity = 87 |Oct humidity = 88 |Nov humidity = 84 |Dec humidity = 80 |year humidity = 81 |Jan rain days = 0 |Feb rain days = 0 |Mar rain days = 0 |Apr rain days = 0.1 |May rain days = 3 |Jun rain days = 14 |Jul rain days = 17 |Aug rain days = 17 |Sep rain days = 14 |Oct rain days = 0.3 |Nov rain days = 0.1 |Dec rain days = 0 |year rain days = 66 |Jan snow days = 18 |Feb snow days = 19 |Mar snow days = 16 |Apr snow days = 15 |May snow days = 16 |Jun snow days = 8 |Jul snow days = 1 |Aug snow days = 3 |Sep snow days = 16 |Oct snow days = 24 |Nov snow days = 20 |Dec snow days = 19 |year snow days = 175 |Jan sun = 1 |Feb sun = 39 |Mar sun = 193 |Apr sun = 283 |May sun = 263 |Jun sun = 293 |Jul sun = 266 |Aug sun = 161 |Sep sun = 84 |Oct sun = 47 |Nov sun = 6 |Dec sun = 0 |year sun = 1636 |source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net{{cite web | url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/21946.htm | title = Weather and Climate-The Climate of Chokurdakh | language = Russian | publisher = Weather and Climate (Погода и климат) |access-date=February 27, 2016}} |source 2 = NOAA (sun 1961–1990){{Cite FTP | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_II/RA/21946.TXT | server = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | title = Cokurdah (Chokurdakh) Climate Normals 1961–1990 |access-date=February 27, 2016}} |date=March 9, 2012}}
References
Notes
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Allaikhovsky District .
References
- Law #172-Z #351-III
- Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://sakha.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/sakha/resources/92049f804c5c75979146937dff7d05ed/d2_032016.xls Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года] {{Webarchive. link. (September 29, 2018 {{in lang). ru
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110820145106/http://mapr55.narod.ru/indexr5556.html Topographic map - Chokurdakh]
- 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'', Chokurdakh is the administrative center of the Settlement of Chokurdakh.
- ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
- Law #173-Z #353-III
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