Ulu (; , Uluu) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Tommot in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ulu River, a tributary of the Amga, and from Tommot. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 139;Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) down from 179 recorded in the 2002 Census.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
Etymology The name derives from a Sakha word meaning "great".
History It was founded in 1953 as a base for construction of the Lena Highway.
Infrastructure Besides the highway to the republic capital city of Yakutsk, Ulu has a railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, with the railhead having reached Ulu in August 2009.
References Notes
Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Aldansky District .