Berkakit (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district.[ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic] As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,291.
History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1977.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Berkakit
[According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Berkakit is the administrative center of the Settlement of Berkakit.] is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the
Settlement of Berkakit.
As a municipal division, the Settlement of Berkakit is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as
Berkakit Urban Settlement.
[Law #173-Z 353-III]
Transportation
Berkakit sits on both the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline and Amur–Yakutsk Highway.
Notes
Sources
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Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Neryungrinsky District.
