Bestyakh, Zhigansky District, Sakha Republic
Selo in Sakha Republic, Russia
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Bestyakh (Russian: Бестях; Yakut: Бэстээх, Besteex) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Bestyakhsky Rural Okrug of Zhigansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 150 kilometers (93 mi) from Zhigansk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 218,[2] of whom 111 were male and 107 female, down from 228 recorded during the 2002 Census.[1]
Bestyakh
Бестях Бэстээх (Sakha) | |
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 Interactive map of Bestyakh | |
  Bestyakh Location of Bestyakh  Bestyakh Bestyakh (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 65°17′03″N 126°06′41″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Zhigansky District[1] |
| Rural okrugSelsoviet | Bestyakhsky National Rural Okrug[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 218 |
• Estimate (2021) | 129 (−40.8%) |
| • Capital of | Bestyakhsky National Rural Okrug[1] |
| • Municipal district | Zhigansky Municipal District[3] |
| • Rural settlement | Bestyakhsky Rural Settlement[3] |
| • Capital of | Bestyakhsky Rural Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [4]) |
| Postal code[5] | 678330 |
| OKTMO ID | 98622405101 |
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