Khoro, Verkhnevilyuysky District, Sakha Republic

Khoro (Russian: Хоро́; Yakut: Хоро, Xoro) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khorinsky Rural Okrug of Verkhnevilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from Verkhnevilyuysk, the administrative center of the district.[1] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,221,[2] up from 1,131 recorded during the 2002 Census.[1]

For other places with the same name, see Khoro.
Khoro
Хоро
Selo[1]
Location of Khoro
Khoro is located in Russia
Khoro
Khoro
Location of Khoro
Khoro is located in Sakha Republic
Khoro
Khoro
Khoro (Sakha Republic)
Coordinates: 63°32′N 120°11′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic[1]
Administrative districtVerkhnevilyuysky District[1]
Rural okrugKhorinsky Rural Okrug[1]
Founded1952
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total1,221
 • Capital ofKhorinsky Rural Okrug[1]
 • Municipal districtVerkhnevilyuysky Municipal District[3]
 • Rural settlementKhorinsky Rural Settlement[3]
 • Capital ofKhorinsky Rural Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
678233Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID98614486101

History

According to the legend, the area of modern Khoro was settled by the Khoro tribes from the Lena basin, who fled to this area to escape their Yakut oppressors. A locality here was first mentioned in written sources in connection with the annexation of Yakutia by the Russian Empire. In 1634, Russian Cossacks, headed by Voin Shakhov, established a winter settlement at the confluence of the Vilyuy and Tyukyan rivers. This settlement served as the seat of administration of the surrounding area for several decades, after which it was moved to the Yolyonnyokh area 45 kilometers (28 mi) down by the Vilyuy River, where the ostrog (fortified settlement) of Olensk (now Vilyuysk) was founded in 1773.

Modern Khoro was established in 1952 by merging four neighboring kolkhozes. Until 2003, the official name of the village was Bulgunnyakhtakh (Булгунняхтах); named so after the post office.

References

Notes
  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
  3. Law #173-Z 353-III
  4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

Sources
  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Verkhnevilyuysky District. (in Russian)
  • Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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