Byrakan

CountryRussia

Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 ^[4])

Postal code(s)^[5]

678248

OKTMO ID98614407101

Byrakan Быракан Быракаан (Sakha)
Selo[1]
Location of Byrakan
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Coordinates: 63°00′58″N 121°14′00″E / 63.01611°N 121.23333°E / 63.01611; 121.23333
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Verkhnevilyuysky District[1]
Rural okrug	Byrakansky Rural Okrug[1]
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	254
Administrative status
• Capital of	Byrakansky Rural Okrug[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Verkhnevilyuysky Municipal District[3]
• Rural settlement	Byrakansky Rural Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Byrakansky Rural Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	678248
OKTMO ID	98614407101

Byrakan (Russian: Быракан; Yakut: Быракаан, Bırakaan) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Byrakansky Rural Okrug of Verkhnevilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 90 kilometers (56 mi) from Verkhnevilyuysk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 254,^[2] of whom 128 were male and 126 female, down from 265 as recorded during the 2002 Census.^[1]