<Tr> <Th> Dialing code (s) </Th> <Td> + 7 41154 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Oymyakon on Wikimedia Commons </Td> </Tr> <P> Oymyakon (Russian: Оймяко́н, pronounced (ɐjmjɪˈkon); Sakha: Өймөкөөн, Öymököön, IPA: (øjmøˈkøːn)) is a rural locality (a selo) in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located along the Indigirka River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway . It is one of the coldest permanently inhabited locales on Earth . </P> <P> It is named after the Oymyakon River, whose name reportedly comes from the Even word kheium, meaning "unfrozen patch of water; place where fish spend the winter ." However, another source states that the Even word heyum (hэjум) (kheium may be a misspelling) means "frozen lake". </P>

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