Khonuu

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title: "Khonuu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rural-localities-in-momsky-district", "populated-places-established-in-1931", "1931-establishments-in-russia", "road-inaccessible-communities-of-the-sakha-republic", "indigirka-basin"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khonuu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
en_name	Khonuu
ru_name	Хонуу
other_name	Хонуу
other_lang	Sakha
image_skyline	Село Хонуу, вид сверху.jpg
coordinates
map_label_position	top
image_flag	Flag of Momsky (Yakutia).png
federal_subject	Sakha Republic
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jur	Momsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_selsoviet_jur	Momsky Rural Okrug
adm_selsoviet_type	Rural okrug
adm_selsoviet_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of1	Momsky District
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2	Momsky Rural Okrug
adm_ctr_of2_ref
inhabloc_cat	Rural locality
inhabloc_cat_ref
inhabloc_type	Selo
inhabloc_type_ref
mun_district_jur	Momsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
rural_settlement_jur	Momsky Rural Settlement
rural_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1	Momsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2	Momsky Rural Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census	2476
established_date	1931
established_date_ref
postal_codes	678860
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Geography

Khonuu is located approximately 800 km northeast of the republic's capital city of Yakutsk, in the lowlands between the Moma Mountains to the northeast and the Chersky Range to the southwest. It is also situated on the right bank of the Indigirka River, just downstream of the confluence with its tributary the Moma.

History

It was founded in 1931.

The nearby Moma Natural Park is a major tourist attraction that was established on 18 June 1996.

Demographics

Yakuts, who are primarily hunters or reindeer herders, make up 67% of the population. Other ethnicities include Russians (15.1%), Evens (11.8%), Evenks (0.5%), and Yukaghirs (0.1%).

Transportation

There are no railroads or paved roads, but there is a flight service to Yakutsk via the nearby Moma Airport.

Climate

Khonuu has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen Dfd/Dwd). Winters are extremely cold with average temperatures between −40 and and absolute minima below −60 °C, while summers are quite warm for the latitude with average temperatures between 12 and and absolute maxima above 35 °C. Frosts are possible in all months of the year. Precipitation is quite low but is markedly higher in summer than at other times of the year.

|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Khonuu |Jan record high C=−13.0 |Feb record high C=−4.2 |Mar record high C=3.7 |Apr record high C=11.5 |May record high C=28.5 |Jun record high C=35.3 |Jul record high C=37.8 |Aug record high C=34.3 |Sep record high C=27.1 |Oct record high C=15.2 |Nov record high C= 2.7 |Dec record high C=−6.9 |Jan high C=-38.1 |Feb high C=-32.3 |Mar high C=-17.3 |Apr high C= -2.3 |May high C= 11.1 |Jun high C= 21.3 |Jul high C= 23.4 |Aug high C= 19.1 |Sep high C= 9.6 |Oct high C= -7.4 |Nov high C=-26.5 |Dec high C=-37.3 |Jan mean C=-41.6 |Feb mean C=-38.4 |Mar mean C=-26.4 |Apr mean C=-10.5 |May mean C= 4.8 |Jun mean C= 14.2 |Jul mean C= 16.3 |Aug mean C= 12.0 |Sep mean C= 3.6 |Oct mean C=-12.4 |Nov mean C=-30.6 |Dec mean C=-40.4 |Jan low C=-44.8 |Feb low C=-42.9 |Mar low C=-34.4 |Apr low C=-19.4 |May low C= -1.3 |Jun low C= 7.6 |Jul low C= 10.0 |Aug low C= 6.0 |Sep low C= -1.2 |Oct low C=-16.9 |Nov low C=-34.2 |Dec low C=-43.2 |Jan record low C=-62.1 |Feb record low C=-62.1 |Mar record low C=-58.1 |Apr record low C=-44.8 |May record low C=-30.2 |Jun record low C=-7.1 |Jul record low C= -5.0 |Aug record low C= -11.1 |Sep record low C=-23.6 |Oct record low C=-44.8 |Nov record low C=-59.7 |Dec record low C=-61.1 |Jan precipitation mm = 6 |Feb precipitation mm = 6 |Mar precipitation mm = 5 |Apr precipitation mm = 6 |May precipitation mm = 14 |Jun precipitation mm = 29 |Jul precipitation mm = 51 |Aug precipitation mm = 43 |Sep precipitation mm = 24 |Oct precipitation mm = 13 |Nov precipitation mm = 11 |Dec precipitation mm = 7 |year precipitation mm = 213 |Jan humidity=76 |Feb humidity=74 |Mar humidity=67 |Apr humidity=62 |May humidity=57 |Jun humidity=54 |Jul humidity=64 |Aug humidity=70 |Sep humidity=76 |Oct humidity=75 |Nov humidity=77 |Dec humidity=75 |Jan precipitation days=8.4 |Feb precipitation days=6.9 |Mar precipitation days=6.1 |Apr precipitation days=5.2 |May precipitation days=4.4 |Jun precipitation days=6.7 |Jul precipitation days=8.3 |Aug precipitation days=7.2 |Sep precipitation days=6.1 |Oct precipitation days=8.2 |Nov precipitation days=10 |Dec precipitation days=8.3 |source=climatebase.ru

References

Notes

Sources

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Momsky District.

References

1. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
2. Law #173-Z 353-III
3. Law #172-Z 351-III
4. Official website of the Sakha Republic. [http://sakha.gov.ru/node/9981 Geographical and Historical Reference] {{in lang. ru
5. "Moma Natural Park Official site".
6. [http://askyakutia.com/2010/02/trekking-climbing-momsky-park-yakutiasiberia/ Trekking & Climbing: Burustakh – Pobeda Peak – Sasyr – Khonuu], ''AskYakutia.com''

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