title: Kerdyom
text: # Kerdyom
  
  Kerdyom (Russian: Кердём; Yakut: Күөрдэм, Küördem) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Zhemkonsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Khangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from Pokrovsk, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,015; up from 867 recorded in the 2002 Census.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Kerdyom is located by the mouth of the Lyutenge on the right bank of the Lena River.
  
  