What is "chyappara"

Chyappara is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Alagarsky Rural Okrug of Churapchinsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Churapcha, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 728, down from 770 as recorded during the 2002 Census.