Yaya (ru|Яя) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Yaysky District of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Yaya River (Chulym's tributary), 277km (172miles) north of Kemerovo. Population: .
It was founded in 1897 as the selo of Zharkovka (Russian: Жарковка) and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1934.
Dialing code: +7 38441; postal code: 652100.