Batagay-Alyta

Batagay-Alyta (Russian: Батагай-Алыта; Yakut: Баатаҕай Алыыта, romanized: Bâtağay Alııta, [baːtaʁaj alɯːta]), also known as Sakkyryr (Russian: Саккырыр; Yakut: Саккырыыр, romanized: Sakkırıır, [saqqɯɾɯːɾ]) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

The town lies about 380 kilometres (240 mi) to the north of the capital Yakutsk and a few kilometers from the left bank of the Ulakhan-Sakkyryr River, a tributary of the Bytantay.

It was founded in 1936 as the administrative center for the then newly created Sakkyryrsky District.

Batagay-Alyta is served by the Sakkyryr Airport (IATA: SUK).

Batagay-Alyta has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd) with long, extremely cold winters and short, mild (sometimes warm) summers.