Vayegi (Russian: Вае́ги; Chukot: Вааргын, Vaargyn; Koryak: Ваевви, Vaevvi) is a rural locality (a selo) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located near the border with Kamchatka Krai, on the banks of the river Mayn, southwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug.
[9] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, small rural localities like Vayegi were extremely hard hit economically.
[6] Most of Vayegi's population is made up of indigenous people, mainly Chukchi, meaning that the focus of the local economy is on traditional hunting and fishing.
In addition to these indigenous services, Vayegi also supports a secondary school and a daycare center.
[13] Vayegi has a subarctic or boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc)[14] with bitterly cold, very long winters and short, mild summers.