Jaja (Russia)

Urban-type settlement Jaja Яя flag Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Rajon Yes / Yes head Mikhail Wedernikov Founded 1897 Earlier names Sharkovka Urban-type settlement since 1934 population 11,688 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38441 Post Code 652100-652102 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 243 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 12 '  N , 86 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 12 '0 "  N , 86 ° 26' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Jaja ( Russian Яя ) is an urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 11,688 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the northern edge of the foothills of the Kuznetsk Alatau almost 100 kilometers (as the crow flies) north of the Oblast capital Kemerovo on the Jaja river of the same name , a tributary of the Chulym .

Jaja is the administrative center of the Jaja Rajons (Jaiski) of the same name .

history

The history of the settlement begins at the end of the 19th century with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway . When the river Jaja was crossed by the railway line below the confluence of the right tributary Zolotoi Kitat ("Golden Kitat"), a station with an associated settlement called Scharkowka, named after the first settler and prospector in this area, Scharkow; the founding year is 1897.

In 1934 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement under its current name after the river.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,656
1959	17,572
1970	15,309
1979	14,519
1989	14,280
2002	13,575
2010	11,688

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

In Jaja there are forestry, building materials and the food industry. The settlement is surrounded by an agricultural area.

Jaja is located on the Trans-Siberian Railway (3624 km from Moscow ). The regional road runs through the settlement from Kemerovo via Anzero-Sudschensk to the R400 Tomsk - Mariinsk regional road , which passes Jaja about 20 kilometers northeast. There is a connection to the M53 trunk road to the south-east .

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. ↑ Yeah, on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)