Uelkal

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en_nameUelkal
ru_nameУэлькаль
other_nameВалъӄалыӄ
other_langYupik
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map_label_positionleft
coordinates
federal_subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug
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adm_district_jurIultinsky District
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inhabloc_catRural locality
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inhabloc_typeSelo
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mun_district_jurIultinsky Municipal District
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rural_settlement_jurUelkal Rural Settlement
rural_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_ofUelkal Rural Settlement
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pop_2010census243
pop_2010census_ref
pop_latest191
pop_latest_dateJanuary 2016
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postal_codes689215
dialing_codes42734
dialing_codes_ref
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|en_name=Uelkal |ru_name=Уэлькаль |other_name=Валъӄалыӄ |other_lang=Yupik |image_skyline= |image_caption= |map_caption=-- |map_label_position=left |coordinates = |federal_subject=Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |federal_subject_ref= |adm_district_jur=Iultinsky District |adm_district_jur_ref= |inhabloc_cat=Rural locality |inhabloc_cat_ref= |inhabloc_type=Selo |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Iultinsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref= |rural_settlement_jur=Uelkal Rural Settlement |rural_settlement_jur_ref= |mun_admctr_of=Uelkal Rural Settlement |mun_admctr_of_ref= |pop_2010census=243 |pop_2010census_ref= |pop_latest=191 |pop_latest_date=January 2016 |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=689215 |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes=42734 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= Uelkal (; Yupik: Валъӄалыӄ, lit. Whale Jaw; Chukchi: Валӄалԓьан, Valḳalḷʼan) is a village (selo) in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: a slight reduction on a 2003 estimate of 258, of whom 208 were indigenous people, which itself showed a slight increase, up from 202 the previous year. The village is located approximately 100 km away from the administrative centre of Egvekinot, at the western side of the mouth of Kresta Bay. Municipally, Uelkal is subordinated to Iultinsky Administrative District and incorporated as Uelkal Rural Settlement.

Geography

Uelkal is situated on the south side of Cape Annyualkal spit at the entrance to Kresta Bay, by the Bering Sea, 174 km from the District centre Egvekinot. The village is the most western settlement in Russia in the western hemisphere and the most western Eskimo settlements in the world.

History

The village was founded in 1920 by settlers from Cape Chaplino. During World War II, this was the eastern stage on the ALSIB Uelkal-Krasnoyarsk route for US-made lend-lease warplanes to Russia. During the mid-1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency suspected that a major bomber staging base was being built at Uelkal capable of reaching United States, however the Soviets instead built the facility at Anadyr Ugolny Airport 102 mi to the south and the Uelkal airfield fell into decline. Until the early 2000s near the village acted as tropospheric intermediate relay station number 20/103, part of the "North" link (call sign – "Kazan"). As of 2002, it had 258 inhabitants, of whom 202 were indigenous people, though this has reduced significantly in the last decade, with 2014 estimates indicating a population of only 210.

Economy

The village has a secondary school, a medical assistant-midwife centre, a pharmacy, a communications centre, and a store. The main sources of livelihood for the residents of this town are hunting seals, walrus, and whales, which is done as part of the municipal agricultural enterprise "Nanuk" (). In the village there is a high school, a kindergarten, a local hospital, pharmacy, home culture, communication center and shop as well as a rural folk club, the Chukchi-Eskimo group "Imlya", youth groups "Kiyagnyk" (lit. "Life") and "Avsinahak" (lit. "pups").

Transport

Uelkal is not connected to any other part of the world by road however, there is a small network of roads within the village including:

  • улица Вальгиргина (Ulitsa Val′girgina)
  • улица Набережная (Ulitsa Naberezhnaya, lit. Quay Street)
  • улица Тундровая (Ulitsa Tundrovnaya, lit. Tundra Street)
  • улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)

Climate

Uelkal has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).

|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Uelkal |Jan record high C=2 |Feb record high C=7 |Mar record high C=5.9 |Apr record high C=10 |May record high C=17.5 |Jun record high C=26.2 |Jul record high C=25.7 |Aug record high C=25 |Sep record high C=20.6 |Oct record high C=8.9 |Nov record high C=7.2 |Dec record high C=6.3 |year record high C=26.2 |Jan high C=-16 |Feb high C=-13.4 |Mar high C=-12 |Apr high C=-6.3 |May high C=2.5 |Jun high C=10.1 |Jul high C=13.5 |Aug high C=12.6 |Sep high C=7.2 |Oct high C=-1 |Nov high C=-7.7 |Dec high C=-13.4 |year high C=-2 |Jan low C=-22.8 |Feb low C=-20.8 |Mar low C=-20 |Apr low C=-13.9 |May low C=-3.3 |Jun low C=2.7 |Jul low C=7.3 |Aug low C=6.9 |Sep low C=1.7 |Oct low C=-6 |Nov low C=-13.6 |Dec low C=-19.6 |year low C=-6.8 |Jan record low C=-46.1 |Feb record low C=-46.7 |Mar record low C=-40.6 |Apr record low C=-32.4 |May record low C=-23.5 |Jun record low C=-5.3 |Jul record low C=-1 |Aug record low C=-3 |Sep record low C=-10 |Oct record low C=-20.1 |Nov record low C=-30.7 |Dec record low C=-36.6 |year record low C=-46.1 |Jan rain mm=32.7 |Feb rain mm=29.6 |Mar rain mm=34.5 |Apr rain mm=23 |May rain mm=32.9 |Jun rain mm=44.8 |Jul rain mm=71 |Aug rain mm=83.7 |Sep rain mm=52.7 |Oct rain mm=52 |Nov rain mm=48.5 |Dec rain mm=23.3 |year rain mm=528.7 |Jan snow days=13 |Feb snow days=13 |Mar snow days=12 |Apr snow days=13 |May snow days=15 |Jun snow days=2 |Jul snow days=0 |Aug snow days=0 |Sep snow days=3 |Oct snow days=16 |Nov snow days=15 |Dec snow days=12 |year snow days=114 |source 1=

References

Notes

Sources

References

  1. Law #33, Article 12.2
  2. Law #33, Article 16.2
  3. Law #149, Article 8
  4. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  5. The results of the 2010 Census are given for Uelkal Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Iultinsky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Uelkal is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Uelkal Rural Settlement.
  6. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://chukotstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chukotstat/resources/c673f0004d0b2f9ba26ef74fc772e0bb/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2016+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.xlsx Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-08-16 {{in lang). ru
  7. [http://www.minjustmag.ru/iu.html Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-07 Iultinsky District {{in lang). ru
  8. Red Cross of Chukotka. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021125408/http://redcross-chukotka.ru/English/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=14 Iultinsky District] (Archived)
  9. Strogoff, p.129
  10. [http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000269429/DOC_0000269429.pdf Soviet Gross Capabilities for Attacks on the U.S. and Key Overseas Installations] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-05-31 , National Intelligence Estimate 11-7-55, Central Intelligence Agency, 1955.)
  11. [http://www.trrlsever.org/SEVER/UELKAL/uelkal.html ''Село Уэлькаль''] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-03-16 (''Uelkal Village'') trrlserver.org)
  12. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://chukotstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chukotstat/resources/db819d80437f3da0b390f3dd898fc419/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2014+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.xlsx Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2014 года] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-04-13 {{in lang). ru
  13. (July 2018)
  14. [https://archive.today/20130417042248/http://www.ks87.ru/site.xp/056050124055056051.html ''Екатерина Зиберт — Крайний Север, 11 декабря 2012 года''] Yekatarina Eibert, Karayny Sever, 11 December 2012
  15. [http://www.pochtovik.su/rosindex/87/87004000000.htm Pochtovik Mail Delivery Service] Iultinsky District {{in lang. ru
  16. McKnight and Hess, pp.232–5
  17. "Weather Averages for Uelkal from meoweather.com". meoweather.com.

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