Nyuya Severnaya
# Nyuya Severnaya

Nyuya Severnaya (Russian: Нюя Северная; Yakut: Хотугу Ньүүйэ, Xotugu Ñüüye) is a rural locality (a selo), one of two settlements, in addition to Dorozhny, the administrative centre of the Rural Okrug, in Murbaysky Rural Okrug of Lensky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 168.

## Geography

Nyuya Severnaya is located in the Lena Plateau, 25 kilometers (16 mi) from the district centre Lensk. It lies on the left bank of the Nyuya River, near its confluence with its longest tributary the Ulakhan-Murbayy (Улахан-Мурбайы).

