Khonuu
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Khonuu is a village in the Sakha Republic, Russia
, and is the administrative center of the Momsky District. It is located on the east side of the Indigirka River
. The local population are primarily Yakuts
who are hunters or reindeer herders.
There are no railroads or paved roads to the town, but there is an airport runway and flight service to Yakutsk
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and is the administrative center of the Momsky District. It is located on the east side of the Indigirka River
Indigirka River
The Indigirka River is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana River and the Kolyma River. It is in length. The area of its basin is 360,000 km²...
. The local population are primarily Yakuts
Yakuts
Yakuts , are a Turkic people associated with the Sakha Republic.The Yakut or Sakha language belongs to the Northern branch of the Turkic family of languages....
who are hunters or reindeer herders.
There are no railroads or paved roads to the town, but there is an airport runway and flight service to Yakutsk
Yakutsk
With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...
.