Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk
Верхоянск | |
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Town under district jurisdiction | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Верхоянскай |
Pole of Cold in Verkhoyansk | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Verkhoyansk | |
Verkhoyansk Location of Verkhoyansk Verkhoyansk Verkhoyansk (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 67°33′N 133°23′E / 67.550°N 133.383°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Verkhoyansky District |
| TownSelsoviet | Verkhoyansk |
| Founded | 1638 |
| Town status since | 1817 |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,311 |
• Estimate (2023) | 768 (−41.4%) |
| • Capital of | Town of Verkhoyansk |
| • Municipal district | Verkhoyansky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Verkhoyansk Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Verkhoyansk Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 ) |
| Postal code | 678530 |
| Dialing code | +7 41165 |
| OKTMO ID | 98616103001 |
| 2010 Census | 1,311 |
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| 2002 Census | 1,434 |
| 1989 Census | 1,883 |
| 1979 Census | 1,709 |
Verkhoyansk (Russian: Верхоянск, IPA: [vʲɪrxɐˈjansk]; Yakut: Верхоянскай, romanized: Verxoyanskay) is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, 92 kilometers (57 mi) from Batagay, the administrative center of the district, and 675 kilometers (419 mi) north of Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,311. Verkhoyansk holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle, with 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), and it also holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in Asia, −67.8 °C (−90.0 °F), the largest ever temperature range recorded. The cold record is shared with Oymyakon.