Vankarem
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Vankarem |
| ru_name | Ванкарем |
| other_name | Ванӄарэман |
| other_lang | Chukchi |
| image_skyline | Vankarem 2 2013-07-26.jpg |
| image_caption | View of Vankarem village |
| 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 | Vankarem Rural Settlement |
| rural_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Vankarem Rural Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 184 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| pop_latest | 166 |
| pop_latest_date | January 2016 |
| pop_latest_ref | |
| postal_codes | 689210 |
| dialing_codes | 42734 |
| dialing_codes_ref | |
| :: |
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Vankarem (; Chukchi: Ванӄарэман, Vanḳarèman) is a village (selo) in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, situated on Cape Vankarem on the coast of the Chukchi Sea. Population: Municipally, Vankarem is subordinated to Iultinsky Municipal District and incorporated as Vankarem Rural Settlement.
Demographics
It is largely inhabited by indigenous Chukchi and Siberian Yupik people and has a population according to the most recent census results of 184, of whom 98 were male and 86 female, a reduction on an estimate made in 2006 of 210 people.
History
The origins of the name of the settlement are disputed. Some people believe that the name is associated with the traditional beliefs commonly held by indigenous Asian Arctic peoples which equate sea creatures closely with humans and that the name comes from the Chukchi word "Vankaremen" meaning Tusk People, as indigenous hunters referred to their prey as "Walrus People".
Other sources think that the name means "Temporarily Abandoned Bone Dwellings", a thought which has arisen due to puzzlement over the precise history of the settlement. The Chukchi who arrived in the area in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries found well preserved homes built by a culture which they had previously not encountered and about which they knew nothing, and it is speculated that the settlement might have been abandoned because the previous inhabitants died from some form of epidemic. Indeed, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's expedition in the 1870s found a number of recently abandoned houses in the nearby village of Ryrkaypiy which were full of ivory carvings.
The inhabitants of the village played a key role in the rescue of the passengers and crew aboard the , when it was crushed by ices near Kolyuchin Island in 1934.
Wildlife
In 2006, participants of the World Wildlife Fund Bear Patrol project reported that the village was as besieged by polar bears, with up to thirty polar bears visiting the village every night.
Economy
The region's ancient coastal hunting and fishing cultures are preserved by the local population.
Transport
There is an airfield in the village however, Vankarem is not connected to any other part of the world by road. There is however a road network within the village including the following streets:
- улица Ленина (Ulitsa Lenina, lit. Lenin Street)
- улица Прибойный (Ulitsa Priboyiniy)
- улица Рынтыргина (Ulitsa Ryntyrgina)
- улица Северная (Ulitsa Severnaya, lit. North Street)
- улица Челюскинцев (Ulitsa Chelyuskintsev, lit. Chelyuskintsy Street)
- улица Южная (Ulitsa Yuzhnaya, lit. South Street)
Climate
Vankarem has a Tundra climate (ET) because the warmest month has an average temperature between 0 °C and 10 °C.
|metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Vankarem |Jan record high C= 1.7 |Feb record high C= 0.8 |Mar record high C= 3.1 |Apr record high C= 2.9 |May record high C= 13.7 |Jun record high C= 23.6 |Jul record high C= 27.1 |Aug record high C= 27.4 |Sep record high C= 19.4 |Oct record high C= 6.8 |Nov record high C= 3.3 |Dec record high C= 3.3 |Jan high C=-20.5 |Feb high C=-22.1 |Mar high C=-19.9 |Apr high C=-13.2 |May high C=-2.3 |Jun high C= 5.4 |Jul high C=10.2 |Aug high C= 8.4 |Sep high C= 4.0 |Oct high C=-3.0 |Nov high C=-10.3 |Dec high C=-18.1 |year high C= -6.8 |Jan mean C= -23.9 |Feb mean C= -25.5 |Mar mean C= -23.8 |Apr mean C= -17.3 |May mean C= -5.3 |Jun mean C= 2.0 |Jul mean C= 6.0 |Aug mean C= 5.0 |Sep mean C= 1.9 |Oct mean C= -5.1 |Nov mean C= -13.3 |Dec mean C= -21.2 |year mean C= -10.0 |Jan low C= -27.3 |Feb low C= -28.8 |Mar low C= -27.3 |Apr low C= -21.4 |May low C= -8.2 |Jun low C= -0.4 |Jul low C= 3.1 |Aug low C= 2.7 |Sep low C= 0.3 |Oct low C= -7.2 |Nov low C= -16.6 |Dec low C= -24.2 |year low C= -12.9 |Jan record low C=-44.9 |Feb record low C=-46.5 |Mar record low C=-44.6 |Apr record low C=-39.3 |May record low C=-28.0 |Jun record low C=-11.9 |Jul record low C=-6.2 |Aug record low C=-4.2 |Sep record low C=-10.1 |Oct record low C=-27.5 |Nov record low C=-36.3 |Dec record low C=-41.4 |precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation mm=16.0 |Feb precipitation mm=13.0 |Mar precipitation mm=8.9 |Apr precipitation mm=11.6 |May precipitation mm=10.7 |Jun precipitation mm=11.2 |Jul precipitation mm=21.6 |Aug precipitation mm=28.5 |Sep precipitation mm=24.6 |Oct precipitation mm=33.4 |Nov precipitation mm=28.3 |Dec precipitation mm=16.4 |Jan precipitation days=11.5 |Feb precipitation days=9.9 |Mar precipitation days=7.8 |Apr precipitation days=10.2 |May precipitation days=10.8 |Jun precipitation days=8.4 |Jul precipitation days=10.7 |Aug precipitation days=14.0 |Sep precipitation days=15.1 |Oct precipitation days=19.7 |Nov precipitation days=16.9 |Dec precipitation days=11.5 |year precipitation days= |source 1=
Photo gallery
File:Kap Vankarem 1 2014-08-18.jpg|Cape Vankarem File:Vankarem 3 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem File:Vankarem 4 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, main road File:Vankarem 5 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, street scene File:Vankarem 6 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, street scene File:Vankarem 7 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, health center File:Vankarem 8 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, greenhouse File:Vankarem 9 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, still life File:Vankarem 10 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, telecommunication center File:Vankarem 11 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, schoolhouse File:Vankarem 12 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, house of culture File:Vankarem 13 2013-07-26.jpg|Vankarem, district heating pipe
References
Notes
Sources
- M Strogoff, P-C Brochet, and D. Auzias Petit Futé: Chukotka (2006). "Avant-Garde" Publishing House.
References
- Law #33, Article 12.2
- Directive #517-rp
- Law #149, Article 8
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- The results of the 2010 Census are given for Vankarem Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Iultinsky Municipal District. According to Law #149-OZ, Vankarem is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Vankarem Rural Settlement.
- 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
- [http://www.minjustmag.ru/iu.html Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-07 Iultinsky District {{in lang). ru
- Strogoff, p.126
- [http://iultinsky.munrus.ru/in/md/server/mos_short?pid=2 Geography of Iultinsky District] – Iultinsky Municipal District official website
- [http://www.wwf.ru/resources/news/article/eng/2761 Vankarem village besieged by polar bears] – World Wildlife Fund news article, December 6, 2006
- [http://www.pochtovik.su/rosindex/87/87004000000.htm Pochtovik Mail Delivery Service] Iultinsky District {{in lang. ru
- McKnight and Hess, pp.235–7
- "Архив климатических данных". climatebase.ru.
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