Amasar (place)

Urban-type settlement Amasar Amazar Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Mogochinsky Founded 1908 Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 2374 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 450  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30241 Post Code 673732 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 226 554 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 51 '  N , 120 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '30 "  N , 120 ° 52' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Amasar ( Russian Амаза́р ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 2374 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 530 km as the crow flies east-northeast of the regional capital Tschita in the Amasar Mountains, a low mountain range that is around 800  m high . It is located on the left bank of the eponymous Amur tributary, Amasar, at the confluence of the Bolschaja Tschitschatka (Great Tschitschatka).

Amasar belongs to the Mogotschinski district and is located about 75 km east of the Mogotscha district center . The settlement is the seat of the municipality Amasarskoje gorodskoje posselenije, the easternmost municipality in the region. In addition to Amasar, the municipality includes the village of Pokrowka (70 km southeast, immediately below the confluence of the Shilka and Argun to the Amur) and a number of settlements at train stations or block posts (Russian blokpost ) of the Trans-Siberian Railway , which extends over a distance of more than 100 km distribute: Tetjorkin Kljutsch (km 6971), Germanowski (km 6996), Krassawka (km 7015), Kolokolny (km 7027), Potaika (km 7035), Tschitschatka (km 7046), Schanna (km 7053), Malokowali (km 7068 ) and Uteni (km 7079).

history

The place was created in 1908 in connection with the construction of the Amur railway Kuenga  - Khabarovsk . Amasar has had urban-type settlement status since 1938.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3346
1959	4526
1970	2795
1979	3577
1989	3521
2002	2641
2010	2374

Note: census data

traffic

Amasar lies on the Trans-Siberian Railway electrified on this section in 1988 (route km 7006 from Moscow ). To the south the settlement is bypassed by the trunk road R297 Amur (until 2017 also M58), which connects Chita with Khabarovsk and is part of the transcontinental road link.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Amasar in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)