Arbagar

Urban-type settlement Arbagar Арбагар Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Schilkinsky Urban-type settlement since 1951 population 554 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 540  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30244 Post Code 673377 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 254 554 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 57 '  N , 116 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '30 "  N , 116 ° 16' 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Arbagar ( Russian Арбага́р ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 554 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 190 km as the crow flies east of the regional capital Chita, a few kilometers from the left bank of the Schilka , north of the Borschtschowotschnygebirge .

Arbagar belongs to Rajon Schilkinski and is located about 20 km northeast from its administrative center Shilka . The settlement is part of the municipality of Cholbonskoje gorodskoje posselenije, the administrative seat of which is Cholbon 5 km to the southwest.

history

The settlement was created around 1910 in connection with the beginning of the mining of a coal deposit, on the basis of which a thermal power plant was operated near Cholbon from 1933 . Since 1951 Arbagar has had the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1972 coal production was stopped, and in 1973 the power plant was taken out of service. Since then the population of the place has continuously decreased.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	4340
1970	2990
1979	1802
1989	1447
2002	744
2010	554

Note: census data

traffic

Regional road 76A-008 (formerly on this section R426) passes between Arbagar and Cholbon, which , coming from Mogoitui via Shilka, continues via Nerchinsk and Sretensk to Nerchinsky Sawod and Olotschi on the border with the People's Republic of China .

When the coal mines were in operation until 1972, they were connected to the Cholbon power station by a narrow-gauge railway. In Cholbon there is a station of the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 6459 from Moscow ).

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. ↑ Arbagar in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)