Jemwa

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city
Yemva
Емва
coat of arms
coat of arms
Federal district Northwest Russia
republic Komi
Rajon Knjaschpogost
Founded 1941
Earlier names Schelesnodoroschny (until 1985)
City since 1985
surface 63  km²
population 14,570 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 231 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 90  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 82139
Post Code 169200, 169203
License Plate 11, 111
OKATO 87 208 501
Geographical location
Coordinates 62 ° 35 '  N , 50 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 35 '0 "  N , 50 ° 51' 0"  E
Jemwa (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Jemwa (Komi Republic)
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Location in the Komi Republic
List of cities in Russia

Jemwa ( Russian Емва ) is a city in the northwestern Russian republic of Komi with 14,570 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the foothills of the Northern Urals about 130 km northeast of the republic capital Syktywkar on the left bank of the Wym , a right tributary of the Wytschegda, which flows into the Northern Dvina .

Jemwa is the administrative center of Knjaschpogost district .

The city is on the Pechora railway Konoscha - Kotlas - Vorkuta (station Knjaschpogost , line kilometer 1365 from Moscow ).

history

The place was created in 1941 as a settlement of the urban type Schelesnodoroschny during the construction of the Knjaschpogost railway station of the Pechora railway named after the nearby village . In 1985, the settlement received under the present name city right after the local Komi - Khanty name for the river Wym (about holy river ).

Population development

year Residents
1959 13,706
1970 13,529
1979 15,936
1989 18,782
2002 16,739
2010 14,570

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There is a history and local museum in Jemwa .

economy

Jemwa is the center of the timber industry and processing.

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)

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