Uzhur

Uzhur (English)
Ужур (Russian)
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Location of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia
Uzhur
Location of Uzhur in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 55°19′03″N 89°49′21″E / 55.31750°N 89.82250°ECoordinates: 55°19′03″N 89°49′21″E / 55.31750°N 89.82250°E
Flag
Administrative status (as of December 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Administrative district Uzhursky District[1]
District town Uzhur[1]
Administrative center of Uzhursky District,[1] district town of Uzhur[1]
Municipal status (as of January 2009)
Municipal district Uzhursky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Uzhur Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Uzhursky Municipal District,[2] Uzhur Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 16,093 inhabitants[3]
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[4]
Founded 1760
Town status since 1953
Official website

Uzhur (Russian: Ужу́р) is a town and the administrative center of Uzhursky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located approximately 300 kilometers (190 mi) from Krasnoyarsk between Kuznetsk Alatau and Solgon mountain ranges where the Chernavka River flows into the Uzhurka. Population: 16,093 (2010 Census);[3] 17,252 (2002 Census);[5] 28,376 (1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded in 1760 as the seat of Uzhurskaya Volost. First it was a small village, but it grew and in 1953 it was granted town status.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Uzhur serves as the administrative center of Uzhursky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Uzhursky District as the district town of Uzhur.[1] As a municipal division, the district town of Uzhur is incorporated within Uzhursky Municipal District as Uzhur Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

The economy of the town is based on well-developed agriculture and the railway line. The most developed agricultural aspects are crops growing, dairy and milk production, and cattle and sheep breeding. There are about fifty different businesses in Uzhur. 90% of all production is food industry. Some part of it is exported all over Krasnoyarsk Krai.[7]

Military

Uzhur is home to the 62nd Missile Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia and houses a base containing several ICBMs.

References

A church in Uzhur

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Law #10-4765
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #13-3028
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Uzhur Town Profile

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