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Arylakh, Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic

human settlement in Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ4071053 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arylakh (Russian: Арылах; Yakut: Арыылаах, Arıılaax) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Arylakhsky Rural Okrug of Churapchinsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 68 kilometers (42 mi) from Churapcha, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 348, down from 401 as recorded during the 2002 Census.

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Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Chruapchinsky District Archived April 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. (in Russian)

Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"».

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The public source identifies “Arylakh, Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic” as human settlement in Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arylakh, Churapchinsky and District.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2002, 2017, 2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Arylakh, Churapchinsky and District providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Arylakh, Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4071053. Authority coordinates are 62.370, 132.591. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002, 2017 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Arylakh, Churapchinsky District, Sakha Republic” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.