En Name: | Khocho |
Ru Name: | Хочо |
Loc Name1: | Хочо |
Loc Lang1: | Yakut |
Coordinates: | 61.5667°N 174°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Megino-Kangalassky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Nakharinsky 2-y Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Adm Ctr Of: | Nakharinsky 2-y Rural Okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Megino-Kangalassky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Nakharinsky 2-y Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Nakharinsky 2-y Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 622 |
Postal Codes: | 678085 |
Khocho (ru|Хочо; sah|Хочо, Xoço) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Nakharinsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 37km (23miles) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district.[2] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 622,[3] down from 778 recorded during the 2002 Census.
Khocho is located in the upper reaches of the Myla river, 30km (20miles) southeast of Mayya, 62km (39miles) from Nizhny Bestyakh and 74km (46miles) from Yakutsk. The village is surrounded by taiga and numerous small lakes.[4]