Zakamensk

For other uses of "Zakamensk", see Zakamensk (disambiguation).
Zakamensk (English)
Закаменск (Russian)
Захаамин (Buryat)
-  Town[1]  -

Zakamensk town center
Zakamensk
Location of Zakamensk in the Republic of Buryatia
Coordinates: 50°22′38″N 103°16′25″E / 50.37722°N 103.27361°ECoordinates: 50°22′38″N 103°16′25″E / 50.37722°N 103.27361°E
Administrative status (as of January 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia[1]
Administrative district Zakamensky District[1]
Town Zakamensk[1]
Administrative center of Zakamensky District,[1] Town of Zakamensk[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2013)
Municipal district Zakamensky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Zakamensk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Zakamensky Municipal District,[2] Zakamensk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,524 inhabitants[3]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[4]
Founded 1893
Town status since 1944
Previous names Gorodok (until 1959)
Dialing code(s) +7 301370
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Zakamensk (Russian: Зака́менск; Buryat: Захаамин) is a town and the administrative center of Zakamensky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Dzhida River 420 kilometers (260 mi) southwest of Ulan-Ude and 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) from the Mongolia–Russia border. Population: 11,524 (2010 Census);[3] 12,709 (2002 Census);[5] 15,591 (1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded in 1893 as a mining settlement under the name of Gorodok. Mining of the local tungsten and molybdenum reserves began in 1933. Town status was granted to it in 1944. It was renamed Zakamensk in 1959, from the Russian term Zakamen which had been used for the region since the 17th century. The word means beyond the rocks in Russian, referring to its location beyond the Chamar-Daban mountains.

Administrative and municipal status

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

Economy and transportation

The town's economy relies mainly on the mining and processing of metal ores, which are then mainly transported to smelters in the Ural Mountains. There is road from Zakamensk to Dzhida railway station, 253 kilometers (157 mi) to the east on the Trans-Mongolian Railway.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Resolution #43
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #985-III
  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.

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