Beja (Russia)

Village Beja Бея Federal district Siberia republic Khakassia Rajon Beiski Founded 1789 population 5247 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 460  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39044 Post Code 655770 License Plate 19th OKATO 95 212 805 001 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 3 '  N , 90 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 2 '45 "  N , 90 ° 55' 15"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Khakassia

Beja ( Russian Бе́я ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) with 5247 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 80 km as the crow flies south-southwest of the republic capital Abakan north of the foothills of the Western Sayan in the area between the Yenisei and its left tributary Abakan , in the so-called Koibalen steppe . At Beja the three small rivers Beja Katamorskaja (also Katamor), Dechanowka and Beja Kuznetsova unite to the right Abakan tributary Beja , after which the village is named.

Beja is the administrative center of the Rajons Beiski and seat of the rural community Beiskoje selskoje posselenije, also includes the village Dechanowka to.

history

The place was founded in the second half of the 18th century by resettlers from central Russia and first mentioned in 1789. From the 19th century, Beja was also a place of political exile , for example in 1914 for Jelena Stassowa until she was moved to Kuragino .

In 1884 Beja became the administrative seat of a Volost , since 1924 (with interruptions 1933–1935 and 1963–1965) it has been the center of a Rajon.

Population development

year	Residents
1789	45
1911	3012
1939	4619
1959	4589
1970	4997
1979	5595
1989	5698
2002	5417
2010	5247

Note: from 1939 census data

traffic

After Beja a road from Abakan via the north adjacent Rajonzentrum Byely Jar , which further in the southwestern part of the Rajons and across the river Abakan to Beltirskoje runs where connection to the A161 of Abakan to Ak-Dovurak in the Tuva consists and the The closest passenger train station is Beltyry on the Askis  - Abasa line . A road leads from Beja to the east to the city of Sayanogorsk on the Yenisei, about 30 km away .

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)