Lensk

Lensk (; , Lienskey) is a town and the administrative center of Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 24,966.

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Lensk is a town in northeastern Russia that serves as the main administrative center for Lensky District in the Sakha Republic. With a population of nearly 25,000 people as of 2010, it functions as an important local government and economic hub for the region.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Lensk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Ленск
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Лиэнскэй
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Yakut
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Ленск2.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: View of the town center
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat_of_Arms_of_Lensk_(Yakutia).gif
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Sakha Republic
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Lensky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Lensk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type

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Geography
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Administrative and municipal status
Economy
Culture and tourism
Climate
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Lensk (; , Lienskey) is a town and the administrative center of Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 24,966.

==Geography== Lensk is located on the left bank of the Lena River, at the southern edge of the Lena Plateau, approximately west of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic.