En Name: | Pokrovsk |
Ru Name: | Покровск |
Loc Name1: | Покровскай |
Loc Lang1: | Yakut |
Coordinates: | 61.4833°N 138°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Khangalassky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Pokrovsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Khangalassky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Pokrovsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Inhabloc Type: | Town under republic jurisdiction |
Mun District Jur: | Khangalassky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Pokrovsk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Khangalassky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [1] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Pokrovsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 9495 |
Established Date: | 1682 |
Current Cat Date: | 1998 |
Postal Codes: | 678000–678002, 678009 |
Dialing Codes: | 41144 |
Pokrovsk population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 9,495 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 10,092 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 9,283 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 7,342 |
Pokrovsk (Russian: Покро́вск; Yakut: Покровскай, Pokrovskay) is a town and the administrative center of Khangalassky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River, 78km (48miles) southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,495.
It was first founded by the Cossacks in 1682 as the ostrog of Karaulny Mys (Russian: Карау́льный Мыс), meaning "watchtower point". It later became the selo of Pokrovskoye (Russian: Покро́вское). It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Pokrovsk in 1941; town status was granted to it in 1998.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pokrovsk serves as the administrative center of Khangalassky District.[2] As an inhabited locality, Pokrovsk is classified as a town under republic jurisdiction. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Khangalassky District as the Town of Pokrovsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Pokrovsk is incorporated within Khangalassky Municipal District as Pokrovsk Urban Settlement.[3]
The Lena Highway connecting Yakutsk with the destinations further south is on the opposite bank of the Lena River, passing through the selo of Kerdyom.