Belaya Gora, Sakha Republic

Belaya Gora (Russian: Бе́лая Гора́; Yakut: Үрүҥ Хайа, Ürüŋ Xaya) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Abyysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It lies on the right bank of the Indigirka River, about 20 km downstream from where it meets the Uyandina River, across from the village of Suturuokha. At the 2010 Census, the population was 2,245. Etymology The name means "white mountain" in both Russian and Sakha. History Belaya Gora was founded in 1974 to replace the old district center, Druzhina, which often flooded. It became an urban-type settlement in 1975. Administration Belaya Gora is the administrative center of Abyysky District. As part of local government, it is organized as the Belaya Gora Urban Settlement within the Abyysky Municipal District. Transport Belaya Gora has no all-season roads. A winter road runs along the frozen Indigirka River to nearby towns like Chokurdakh and Ust-Nera via Khonuu. A rough road also heads west toward Deputatsky, but it's no longer maintained. The Belaya Gora Airport is located just northeast of the settlement. References