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Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic (republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 65 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 65.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 130 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 130.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The nation's largest administrative unit was first inhabited by Yakuts from the 6th-10th centuries. The region joined Russian state in the 17th century. It supports marginal agriculture in the South. Other industries are diamond and salt mining, petroleum refining, and food processing. |
Names: |
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| Sakha (Yakutiya) (preferred,C,V,Russian)
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| Sakha (Yakutiya), Respublika (C,V)
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| Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya) (C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Saha, Respublika (Jakutija) (C,V)
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| Sakha (C,V,English)
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| Sakha (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Sakha (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Yakutskaya Respublika (C,V)
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| Yakutia (C,V)
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| Yakutiya (C,V)
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| RS63 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic (C,U,English-P)
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| Yakut A.S.S.R. (C,U)
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| Республика Саха (Якутия) (C,U,Russian)
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| Саха (Якутия) (C,U,Russian)
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| Jakutien (C,U,German)
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| République de Sakha (C,U,French)
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| Sahan tasavalta (C,U,Finnish)
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| Sajá Yakutia (C,U,Spanish)
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| Саха Сирэ (C,U,Yakut)
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| Jakutskaja Avtnomnaja Sovetskaja Socialisticeskaja Republika (H,O)
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| Yakut ASSR (H,O)
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| Yakut A. S. S. R. (H,O)
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| Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (H,O)
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| Yakutskaya ASSR (H,O)
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| Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic (republic) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| republic (preferred, C) |
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formed in 1922 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Jakutskaja Avtnomnaja Sovetskaja Socialisticeskaja Republika.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-79 |
| Saha, Respublika (Jakutija).......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter I-1 (2000) accessed 27 September 2007 |
| Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 807 |
| Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2013162 |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 27 September 2007 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3038508-3038508 |
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