Mga

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Coordinates: 59°45′0″N 31°4′0″E / 59.75, 31.06667

Mga (Russian: Мга) is an urban-type settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: 9,613 (2002 Census);[1] 9,852 (1989 Census).[2]

The name Mga comes from the initials of the owner of the land in the 19th century. Her name was Maria Gregorevna Apraksin. She was a member of the same family for which the Apraksin Dvor in St. Petersburg is named.

There is a train from St. Petersburg that passes through Mga leaving from the Moskovskiy and Ladozhskiy train stations in the eastward direction. This train also serves many other settlements in this region, and is used for travel to summer houses (Dachas) by many St. Petersburg residents during the warmer seasons.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.


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