Evensk

Urban-type settlement Ewensk Эвенск Federal district far East Oblast Magadan Rajon Severo-Evensky Earlier names Bolshaya Garmanda (until 1951) Urban-type settlement since 1962 population 1793 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 10  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 41348 Post Code 686430 License Plate 49 OKATO 44 207 551 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 55 '  N , 159 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 55 '0 "  N , 159 ° 14' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Magadan Oblast

Evensk ( Russian Эве́нск ) is an urban-type settlement in the Magadan Oblast ( Russia ) with 1793 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the Najachan Bay on the north side of the Gischigabusen of the Okhotsk Sea , at the mouth of the Great Garmanda River (Bolshaya Garmanda). Evensk is about 530 kilometers as the crow flies in a northeastern direction from the Magadan Oblast Administrative Center .

Ewensk is the administrative center of the Rajons Severo-Ewenski .

history

In place of an existing Eweni fishing settlement, the place developed since the 1950s after the village of Najachan, 12 km west at the mouth of the river of the same name, was destroyed by a flood in 1951 and the administration of the Rajon was relocated from there. At the same time, the name was changed from the previous place name Bolshaya Garmanda (after the river) to the current name, which refers to the Ewenen ethnic group who originally lived there. In 1962 the status of urban-type settlement was given.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1370
1970	2456
1979	3905
1989	4862
2002	2182
2010	1793

Note:: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main industry is fishing. In the area, reindeer herding and hunting are practiced , especially by the indigenous population . Evensk is also a logistical base for the modest gold mining in the Rajon .

There is no fixed road connection to Evensk; the distance to the Magadan Oblast Administrative Center via slopes that can only be used in the frosty season is 1420 km, almost three times the direct distance. Between town and river there is a small airport ( Severo-Evensk , ICAO code UHMW ) with a connection to Magadan. Otherwise the settlement can only be reached by sea.

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. ↑ ^{a b} Evensk on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)
3. ↑ Severo-Evensky Rajon ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Oblast Administration website (in Russian)