Enmelen

Enmelen
Энмелен
Энмыԓьын (Chukchi)
Interactive map of Enmelen
Enmelen is located in Russia
Enmelen
Enmelen
Location of Enmelen
Enmelen is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Enmelen
Enmelen
Enmelen (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 65°00′N 175°51′W / 65.000°N 175.850°W / 65.000; -175.850
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug
Administrative districtProvidensky District
Population
 • Total
367
 • Estimate 
(January 2016)
299 (−18.5%)
 • Municipal districtProvidensky Municipal District
 • Rural settlementEnmelen Rural Settlement
 • Capital ofEnmelen Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+12 (MSK+9 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
689272
Dialing code+7 42735
OKTMO ID77710000121

Enmelen (Russian: Энмелен; Chukchi: Энмыԓьын, romanized: Enmyḷ’yn; Yupik: Ынмылин, romanized: Ynmylin) is a village (selo) in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: 367 (2010 census); Municipally, Enmelen is subordinated to Providensky Municipal District and incorporated as Enmelen Rural Settlement.

Geography

Enmelen (lit. "craggy" in Chukchi) is situated near Cape Bering well over 200 km from Provideniya. The settlement is not connected by road to any other places. It is populated by a mixture of Chukchi and Yupik and near the village is the site of an ancient Yupik settlement.

Demographics

The population according to the most recent census data was 367, of whom 188 were male and 179 female, a slight decrease on a 2006 estimate of 390.

Economy

The village is supported by a combination of reindeer herding and the hunting of sea mammals.

Climate

Enmelen has an arctic climate (Köppen climate classification ET) with very cold, long winters and cool, short summers.

Climate data for Enmelen
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −12.0
(10.4)
−14.7
(5.5)
−12.7
(9.1)
−7.3
(18.9)
0.7
(33.3)
7.3
(45.1)
10.9
(51.6)
10.1
(50.2)
5.8
(42.4)
−0.9
(30.4)
−6.7
(19.9)
−12.1
(10.2)
−2.6
(27.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −15.6
(3.9)
−18.2
(−0.8)
−16.5
(2.3)
−11.2
(11.8)
−2.2
(28.0)
4.2
(39.6)
7.8
(46.0)
7.4
(45.3)
3.5
(38.3)
−3.3
(26.1)
−9.4
(15.1)
−15.3
(4.5)
−5.7
(21.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −19.2
(−2.6)
−21.6
(−6.9)
−20.2
(−4.4)
−15.1
(4.8)
−5.1
(22.8)
1.1
(34.0)
4.8
(40.6)
4.8
(40.6)
1.3
(34.3)
−5.6
(21.9)
−12.1
(10.2)
−18.5
(−1.3)
−8.8
(16.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 43
(1.7)
30
(1.2)
22
(0.9)
24
(0.9)
22
(0.9)
33
(1.3)
57
(2.2)
65
(2.6)
56
(2.2)
52
(2.0)
58
(2.3)
44
(1.7)
506
(19.9)
Source:

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #33-OZ, Article 9.2
  2. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. 1 2 3 The results of the 2010 Census are given for Enmelen Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Providensky Municipal District. According to Law #148-OZ, Enmelen is the only inhabited locality on the territory of Enmelen Rural Settlement.
  4. ↑ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность постоянного населения Чукотского автономного округа по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2016 года Archived August 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  5. 1 2 3 4 Law #45-OZ
  6. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ↑ Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Providensky Municipal District (in Russian)
  9. ↑ V.V. Leontev and K.A. Novikova, Топонимический словарь северо-востока СССР (Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR) (1989) Magadan. p.433
  10. 1 2 3 Strogoff, p.133
  11. ↑ McKnight and Hess, pp.232–5
  12. ↑ "Climate Энмелен". climate-data.org. Retrieved October 3, 2012.

Sources

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