For the ancient Chinese city, see
Gaochang.
Selo in Sakha Republic, Russia
Khocho (Russian: Хочо; Yakut: 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 37 kilometers (23 mi) from Mayya, the administrative center of the district.[1] Its population as of the 2010 Census was 622,[2] down from 778 recorded during the 2002 Census.[1]
Geography
Khocho is located in the upper reaches of the Myla river, 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Mayya, 62 kilometres (39 mi) from Nizhny Bestyakh and 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Yakutsk. The village is surrounded by taiga and numerous small lakes.[6]
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- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Megino-Kangalassky District. (in Russian)
- Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).