Balei

city Balei Балей coat of arms Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Balei Founded 19th century Earlier names Novotroitskoye (until 1938) City since 1938 surface 49  km² population 12,533 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 256 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 600  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30232 Post Code 673450-673454 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 206 501 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 35 '  N , 116 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 35 '0 "  N , 116 ° 38' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

List of cities in Russia

Balei ( Russian Балей ) is a city in the Transbaikalia region ( Russia ) with 12,533 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the southern flank of the Borschtschowotschnygebirge, which is almost 1200 meters high in Transbaikalia , about 350 km east of the regional capital Chita , on the Unda River , a right tributary of the Onon .

The city of Balei is administratively directly subordinate to the region and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

Balei is connected by a road to the Priiskowaja station (near Nerchinsk ), 55 km to the north, of the Trans-Siberian Railway and has a small airport.

history

In the 19th century, the Novotroitskoje gold panning settlement was built on the site of today's town , and gold production began in 1858. In 1938, the town received its town charter under its current name. In 1947 the region's most important gold deposit , Cupievskoye , was discovered, and prisoners of the subsequently established Baleilag in the Gulag system were used to exploit it .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	31.206
1959	28,848
1970	27,215
1979	25,896
1989	23,898
2002	14,797
2010	12,533

Note: census data

economy

Balei is the center of gold mining with multiple shafts , an open pit and an enrichment factory. The deposit has been exploited since 2004 with the participation of the Canadian Barrick Gold .

sons and daughters of the town

• Sergei Aljokminski (* 1961), Russian admiral
• Anatoly Kaminski (* 1950), Transnistrian politician

See also

• List of cities in the Transbaikalia region

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)

Web links

• Balei on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Unofficial website about Balei ( Memento of November 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)