Uelen
Sign in to savethumb|Residents of Uelen, 1913 thumb|383x383px|Uelen Orthodox church, August 2018 Uelen is a rural locality (a selo) in Chukotsky District, just south of the Arctic Circle in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Far East. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 720. Located near Cape Dezhnev where the Bering Sea meets the Chukchi Sea, it is the easternmost settlement in Russia and the whole of Asia. It is located in the Western Hemisphere, but the International Date Line curves around it, so it remains in a Russian time zone (UTC+12:00). Uelen is also the closest Asian settlement to
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Place details
- Locality
- Уэлен
- Region
- Чукотский автономный округ
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 697
- Timezone
- Asia/Anadyr
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Uelen
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Уэлен
- Russian inhabited locality.other_name
- Увэлен
- Russian inhabited locality.other_lang
- Chukchi
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Uelen, August 2013. <!--
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- bottom
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Russia
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Chukotsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Rural locality
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative divisions of Russia
- Official name
- Уэлен
- Country
- Russia
- Population
- +673
- Area
- +166.35
- Elevation
- +3
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- Image
- Uelen 1 2013-08-02.jpg
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins of name
- Prehistory
- Pre-Soviet
- Soviet Union
- Post-Soviet
- Demographics
- Culture
- Transport
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Residents of Uelen, 1913 thumb|383x383px|Uelen Orthodox church, August 2018 Uelen is a rural locality (a selo) in Chukotsky District, just south of the Arctic Circle in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Far East. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 720. Located near Cape Dezhnev where the Bering Sea meets the Chukchi Sea, it is the easternmost settlement in Russia and the whole of Asia. It is located in the Western Hemisphere, but the International Date Line curves around it, so it remains in a Russian time zone (UTC+12:00). Uelen is also the closest Asian settlement to North America. It is on the northeast corner of the Uelen Lagoon, a roughly east-west lagoon separated from the ocean by a sandspit. Municipally, Uelen is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as Uelen Rural Settlement.
==History== ===Origins of name=== There are a number of competing ideas as to the origin of the name of the village. The name Uelen is thought by some sources to derive from the Chukchi "uvelen" meaning "black, thawed patch", since the village is found at the foot of a hill surrounded by black mounds which are visible throughout the year and were often used as a navigation aid in the region.