Nizhneyansk (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Yansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Deputatsky, the administrative center of the district,Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic in the Yana River delta. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 391.
History It was founded in the 1940s and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1958.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of NizhneyanskAccording 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, Nizhneyansk is the administrative center of the Settlement of Nizhneyansk. is incorporated within Ust-Yansky District as the Settlement of Nizhneyansk. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Nizhneyansk is incorporated within Ust-Yansky Municipal District as Nizhneyansk Urban Settlement.Law #173-Z 353-III
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Ust-Yansky District.