Tiksi
| Tiksi (English) Тикси (Russian) |
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| - Urban-type settlement[citation needed] - Settlement[citation needed] |
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_Republic_(2008-03).svg) Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia |
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 Tiksi
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| Coordinates: 71°38′N 128°52′E / 71.633°N 128.867°ECoordinates: 71°38′N 128°52′E / 71.633°N 128.867°E | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
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| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
5,055 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 5,873 inhabitants[2] |
| Founded | 1933[citation needed] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41167[citation needed] |
Tiksi (Russian: Тикси) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. Population: 5,055 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 5,873 (2002 Census);[2] 11,649 (1989 Census).[3]
It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. It is served by the Tiksi Airport and saw other military construction projects during the Cold War at Tiksi North and Tiksi West airfields.
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[edit] History
In August 1901, Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice in the New Siberian Islands. During 1902 the attempts to reach Sannikov Land continued while Zarya was trapped in fast ice. Leaving the ship, Russian Arctic explorer Baron Eduard Toll and three companions vanished forever in November 1902 while travelling away from Bennett Island towards the south on loose ice floes.
Zarya was finally moored close to Brusneva Island in the Bay of Tiksi (Bukhta Tiksi), never to leave the place again. The remaining members of the expedition returned to Saint Petersburg, while Captain Matisen went to Yakutsk.
The name Tiksi means "a moorage place" in Sakha language.
[edit] Climate
Tiksi's winters are very cold, with temperatures remaining well below zero from November through February. The summers have mild days, but cool nights. Tiksi has a very dry climate which can be classified as a desert climate. The majority of Tiksi's precipitation falls during the summer months.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | −36 (−38) |
−29 (−34) |
−6 (−21) |
16 (−9) |
37 (3) |
57 (14) |
64 (18) |
57 (14) |
41 (5) |
14 (−10) |
−20 (−29) |
−29 (−34) |
14 (−10) |
| Average low °F (°C) | −47 (−44) |
−42 (−41) |
−31 (−35) |
−11 (−24) |
18 (−8) |
37 (3) |
41 (5) |
36 (2) |
27 (−3) |
0 (−18) |
−31 (−35) |
−42 (−41) |
−4 (−20) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.59 (15) |
0.39 (10) |
0.39 (10) |
0.35 (9) |
0.39 (10) |
1.22 (31) |
1.77 (45) |
1.81 (46) |
1.14 (29) |
0.51 (13) |
0.31 (8) |
0.63 (16) |
9.53 (242) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 148 |
| Sunshine hours | 0 | 56.5 | 186 | 300 | 310 | 300 | 341 | 217 | 90 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1,762.5 |
| Source: [4] | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ World Climate Guide
- William Barr, Baron Eduard von Toll's Last Expedition: The Russian Polar Expedition, 1900–1903
[edit] External links
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