Ust-Maya
title: "Ust-Maya" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic"] topic_path: "general/urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ust-Maya" 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 | Ust-Maya |
| ru_name | Усть-Мая |
| loc_name1 | Уус Маайа |
| loc_lang1 | Yakut |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | left |
| federal_subject | Sakha Republic |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Ust-Maysky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Ust-Maya |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Settlement |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Settlement of Ust-Maya |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Urban-type settlement |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Ust-Maysky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Ust-Maya Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 2923 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | 1930 |
| current_cat_date | 1957 |
| current_cat_date_ref | |
| postal_codes | 678620, 678629 |
| :: |
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Geography
Ust-Maya is located on the north bank of the Aldan River opposite the mouth of the Maya River. The Sette-Daban mountain range rises to the east of the town.
History
Ust-Maya was founded in 1930 as a base for gold mining activities on the Allakh-Yun and Yudoma Rivers to the east. It became the administrative center of the newly created Ust-Maysky District in 1931. During World War II, an airfield was built here for the Alaska-Siberian air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front. In 1957, Ust-Maya was granted urban-type settlement status. In 1972, the administrative center of the district was moved to Solnechny, where it remained until 1992, when it was moved back to Ust-Maya.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ust-Maya serves as the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Ust-Yudoma), incorporated within Ust-Maysky District as the Settlement of Ust-Maya. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Ust-Maya is incorporated within Ust-Maysky Municipal District as Ust-Maya Urban Settlement.
Transportation
There are no year-round roads connecting Ust-Maya with outside world; however, winter roads connect it to Eldikan and Amga.
The Ust-Maya Airport is located in the selo of Petropavlovsk, 8 km to the southeast.
Climate
Ust-Maya has an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd). Winters are extremely cold, while summers are quite warm. Precipitation is quite low and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.
|width=auto |location=Ust-Maya (1991-2020, extremes 1893-present) |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan record high C=-5.5 |Feb record high C=-2.0 |Mar record high C=9.4 |Apr record high C=17.8 |May record high C=30.3 |Jun record high C=35.3 |Jul record high C = 36.3 |Aug record high C = 34.6 |Sep record high C = 26.4 |Oct record high C = 15.6 |Nov record high C = 5.8 |Dec record high C = -4.9 |year record high C = 36.3 |Jan high C = −34.2 |Feb high C = −26.5 |Mar high C = −9.9 |Apr high C = 3.9 |May high C = 14.8 |Jun high C = 23.5 |Jul high C = 25.8 |Aug high C = 22.1 |Sep high C = 12.5 |Oct high C = −2.2 |Nov high C = −21.6 |Dec high C = −34.9 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -38.3 |Feb mean C = −33.6 |Mar mean C = −19.0 |Apr mean C = −3.1 |May mean C = 8.1 |Jun mean C = 16.3 |Jul mean C = 18.9 |Aug mean C = 15.0 |Sep mean C = 6.5 |Oct mean C = −6.5 |Nov mean C = −26.0 |Dec mean C = −38.2 |year mean C = |Jan low C = −41.7 |Feb low C = −39.2 |Mar low C = −27.9 |Apr low C = −10.4 |May low C = 1.8 |Jun low C = 9.2 |Jul low C = 12.5 |Aug low C = 8.9 |Sep low C = 1.7 |Oct low C = −10.1 |Nov low C = −29.9 |Dec low C = −41.3 |year low C = |Jan record low C = −60.2 |Feb record low C = −60.0 |Mar record low C = −54.1 |Apr record low C = −38.7 |May record low C = −19.2 |Jun record low C = −5.4 |Jul record low C = −3.1 |Aug record low C = −7.2 |Sep record low C = −17.0 |Oct record low C = −38.3 |Nov record low C = −54.4 |Dec record low C = −59.4 |year record low C = −60.2 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 11.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 8.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 8.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 11.0 |May precipitation mm = 28.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 34.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 53.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 50.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 44.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 29.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 19.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 10.9 |year precipitation mm = |Jan rain days = 0 |Feb rain days = 0 |Mar rain days = 0.1 |Apr rain days = 3 |May rain days = 13 |Jun rain days = 14 |Jul rain days = 14 |Aug rain days = 14 |Sep rain days = 14 |Oct rain days = 4 |Nov rain days = 0.1 |Dec rain days = 0 |year rain days = 76 |Jan snow days = 23 |Feb snow days = 20 |Mar snow days = 13 |Apr snow days = 6 |May snow days = 1 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 1 |Oct snow days = 18 |Nov snow days = 24 |Dec snow days = 22 |year snow days = 128 |Jan humidity= 77 |Feb humidity= 77 |Mar humidity= 71 |Apr humidity= 62 |May humidity= 57 |Jun humidity= 62 |Jul humidity= 68 |Aug humidity= 73 |Sep humidity= 75 |Oct humidity= 80 |Nov humidity= 81 |Dec humidity= 78 |year humidity= 72 |Jan sun= 40 |Feb sun= 124 |Mar sun= 229 |Apr sun= 256 |May sun= 283 |Jun sun= 313 |Jul sun= 320 |Aug sun= 245 |Sep sun= 153 |Oct sun= 95 |Nov sun= 75 |Dec sun= 21 |source 1 = pogoda.ru.net |source 2 = NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)
References
Notes
Sources
- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Ust-Maysky District.
References
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- [http://www.trrlsever.org/SEVER/MILAN/MILAN-1/milan_geo.html ТРРС 3 / 104А. Описание местности] (in Russian)
- Igor Lebedev. ''Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia''. Nova Publishers, 1997, pp. 44–49
- ''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'', Ust-Maya is the administrative center of the Settlement of Ust-Maya.
- Law #173-Z #353-III
- "Weather And Climate - Climate Ust-May".
- "Climate Normals for Ust-Maja".
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