Peleduy

Peleduy (Пеледуй; Пеледуй) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,243.

Geography
Peleduy is located on the northern side of the edge of the Patom Highlands, by the confluence of the Peleduy, on the left bank of the Lena, approximately 840 km west of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic and 199 km from Lensk, the administrative center of the district.

History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Peleduy in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Peleduy, together with one rural locality (the selo of Krestovsky lesouchastok), is incorporated within Lensky District as the Settlement of Peleduy. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Peleduy is incorporated within Lensky Municipal District as Peleduy Urban Settlement.