Oymyakon
Sign in to saveOymyakon is a rural locality (a selo) in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway. Oymyakon is currently the coldest permanently inhabited human settlement on Earth.
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Oymyakon is a small rural settlement in northeastern Russia's Sakha Republic, situated in a highland region along the Indigirka River. It holds the distinction of being the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth, making it notable for human habitation in one of the planet's most extreme environments.
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- Locality
- Оймякон
- Region
- Республика Саха (Якутия)
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 800
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Oymyakon is a rural locality (a selo) in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway. Oymyakon is currently the coldest permanently inhabited human settlement on Earth.
==Etymology== The settlement is named after the Oymyakon River, whose name reportedly comes from the Even word kheium, meaning "unfrozen patch of water; place where fish spend the winter". However, another source states that the Even word heyum (hэjум, хэюм; kheium may be a misspelling), which means "frozen lake", may be where it gets its name.