Elban

Urban-type settlement Elban Эльбан Federal district far East region Khabarovsk Rajon Amursk Founded 1936 Urban-type settlement since 1951 population 11,934 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42142 Post Code 682610-682613 License Plate 27 OKATO 08 203 560 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 6 '  N , 136 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '30 "  N , 136 ° 30' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khabarovsk region

List of large settlements in Russia

Elban ( Russian Эльба́н ) is an urban-type settlement in the Khabarovsk region ( Russia ) with 11,934 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the western edge of the Amur lowlands in the Far East of Russia, a good 200 km as the crow flies northwest of the regional capital, Khabarovsk . The settlement is located on the left bank of the Elban river of the same name (name probably of Nano origin), which flows 20 km east into Lake Ommi and then into the Amur . 15 kilometers south of the village is the north shore of Lake Bolon , the largest lake in the Amur lowlands with an area of ​​338 km².

Elban is part of the Amursk Rajons , whose administrative center Amursk is 35 km to the northeast.

history

The place was founded in 1936 in connection with the construction of the railway line from Khabarovsk to the newly founded city ​​of Komsomolsk on the Amur . The settlement experienced a relatively rapid upswing with the establishment of an armaments factory (“mechanical works”), which started operations during the Second World War .

In 1951 Elban was given urban-type settlement status .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	4,046
1970	5,382
1979	9,955
1989	15,213
2002	12,909
2010	11,934

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The largest operation in the settlement is a Woschod explosives factory , which emerged from the plant built in the 1940s. Vegetable growing and dairy farming are practiced in the area.

The settlement lies on the established railway line Volotschajewka-Dzemgi (route km 276), which connects the Trans-Siberian Railway and the regional capital Khabarovsk with the Baikal-Amur-Magistrale and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Along the railway line there is also a road from Komsomolsk, 75 km away, to Elban.

Southeast of Elban there is a long wave transmitter for the radio navigation system RSDN-20 ( Alpha ).

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. ↑ Information about the Amursk Rajon ( memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the regional administration website (in Russian).