Chakyr 2-y (; ) is a rural locality (a selo). It is the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Chakyrsky Rural Okrug in Amginsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Its size is 1.304 km².
Population In the 2002 Census, the population was reported to be 686 people.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic 96% of that population consisted of Yakuts. The population was recorded to have reduced to 579 as of the 2010 Census.This figure is given for Chakyrsky Rural Settlement, a municipal formation of Amginsky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Chakyr 2-y is the only inhabited locality on the territory of this municipal formation. This census also reported that in this population, 275 were people were men and 304 women (47.5% and 52.5%, respectively).
Following this, the 2012 census declared a population of 564, the 2013 as 537, the 2014 as 514, and the 2015 and 2016 as 497.
Geography The selo is located in the southeastern part of central Sakha Republic, on the right bank of the Amga River. It is located from Amga, the administrative center of the ulus (district).
There are several streets inside the selo. These streets are:
Bessonova St. (Russian: ул. Бессонова) Lenin St. (Russian: ул. Ленина) Lesnaya St. (Russian: ул. Лесная) Lyaginskaya St. (Russian: ул. Лягинская) Molodyozhnaya St. (Russian: ул. Молодёжная) Muksunskaya St. (Russian: ул. Муксунская) Naberezhnaya St. (Russian: ул. Набережная)
There is also the MBOU Chakyrskaya Secondary School named after Yakovleva-Erilik Eristina (МБОУ Чакырская СОШ им. С. С. Яковлева-Эрилик Эристина), a cultural centre, and an office belonging to Russian Post.
Climate The climate can be described as continental, with cold winters and relatively warm summers. The temperature in winter can drop significantly and is often very harsh with extreme lows.
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