Askis (settlement)

Urban-type settlement Askis Аскиз ( Russian ) Асхыс ( Khakas ) Federal district Siberia republic Khakassia Rajon Askis Urban-type settlement since 1958 population 5208 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 390  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39045 Post Code 655735 License Plate 19th OKATO 95 208 551 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 9 ′  N , 90 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 30 ″  N , 90 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Khakassia

Askis ( Russian Аски́з , Khakassian Асхыс ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) with 5208 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010), not to be confused with the nearby village of the same name .

geography

The settlement is located between the northern edge of the Western Sayan and the Abakan Mountains , a good 90 km as the crow flies southwest of the republic capital Abakan , a few kilometers above the confluence of the Askis of the same name in the Abakan River, Yenisei .

Askis belongs to the Askis Rajon of the same name and is about 7 km to the west from its administrative center, the village also bearing the name Askis.

history

The place was created in connection with the construction of the Novokuznetsk  - Abakan section of the South Siberian Railway in the 1950s. It got its name after the river and the old, nearby village. In 1958, shortly before the completion of the section and the opening of the station , Askis received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	5459
1970	4558
1979	4464
1989	4572
2002	5050
2010	5208

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main economic factor is the Askis station on the South Siberian Railway, which was opened in 1959 and electrified with 25 kV 50  Hz alternating current in 1964  (route kilometers 288). A 70 km long branch line branches off here to the Abasa mining center , which also went into operation in 1959.

There is a road connection to the A161 highway leading from Abakan over the West Sayan to the small town of Ak-Dowurak in the west of the Tuva Republic , which runs a few kilometers east between the settlement and the village of Askis.

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. ↑ G. Afonina: Kratkie svedenija o razvitii otečestvennych železnych dorog s 1838 po 1990 g. MPS, Moscow 1995, p. 174 ( Brief information on the development of the national railways from 1838 to 1990 ; Russian).