Sakha (Russia)

A^kutia^, Saqa (Caxa)

Last modified: 2000-01-14 by antonio martins
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  Reported by Jorge Candeias
• Coat of arms of Yakutia
  Reported by Dov Gutterman, 17 Dec 1998

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Name
    (english): Yakutia
    (russian, short form): ßêóòèÿ | A^kutia^
    (russian, long form): Ðåñïóáëèêà Ñàõà | Respublika Saqa
Local official language: Yakut
Capital (russian): ßêóòñê | A^kutsk (english): Yakutsk
Area: 3 103 200 km² (1 197 835 sq.mi.)
Population: 1 093 000 inhabitants in 1992
Status: Republic (Ðåñïóáëèêà | Respublika) within the Russian Federation
Economic region: Far East
License plate code: 14
Ham radio code: YA
ISO 3166-2 code: SA
Flag adopted in 1992.10.14
Coat of arms adopted in 1992.12.16

An ASSR for the Sakha people was created in 1922. In 1991, this republic unilaterally upgraded its status to a full Union Republic.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995

The flag of the Republic of Sakha is light blue, with a white disc and, at the bottom of the flag, three narrow stripes of white, red and green.
Stuart Notholt, 13 Oct 1995

The flag of the Republic of Sakha has certain semantic meaning:
sun - sky - snow - flowers - ground
Oliver Apper, 02 Apr 1998