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Oymyakon, a small village of about 500 people in the Sakha region of Russia, holds the claim to fame as being the coldest continually inhabited place on Earth. Located approximately 20 miles northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway in Siberia, it is not easily accessible.emperatures. Its continuous frigid temperatures and harsh climate are what crown Oymyakon as the coldest inhabited place on Earth. The ground surrounding the town is permanently frozen; average temperatures range from -50Â°F in December to +50Â°F in August, with an annual mean of zero degrees.
With the average temperature for January standing at -50C, it is no wonder the village is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. Known as the 'Pole of Cold', the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon was -71.2C. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO. A woman walks over an ice-encrusted bridge in Yakutsk Village of Oymyakon, which is considered to be the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.