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- Area: 3,103,200㎢
- Location : 80% of Sakha Republic(Yakutia)’s territory is located at a latitude of sixty degrees north and over 40% of the territory lies within the Arctic Circle. Sakha borders the Laptev Sea and the East-Siberian Sea of the Arctic Ocean to the north. From the east through the south to the west, the republic neighbors are: Chukotskiy Autonomy Okrug, Magadanskaya Oblast', Khabarovskiy Krai, Amurskaya Oblast', Chitinskaya Oblast', Irkutskaya Oblast', Evenkiyskiy Autonomy Okrug and Taimyr Autonomy Okrug.
- Climate: The climate in the republic is severe continental. Sakha is known for being the coldest region of the northern hemisphere: seasonal temperature variations exceed 100°C (from +40 during the summer to -60 during the winter).
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