Kaa-Chem

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Urban-type settlement Kaa-Chem Каа-Хем Federal district Siberia republic Tuva Rajon | Koschuun Kyzyl Founded 1975 Urban-type settlement since 1978 population 15,044 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 630  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39422 Post Code 667901 License Plate 17th OKATO 93 222 551 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 42 '  N , 94 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 '0 "  N , 94 ° 33' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Tuva

List of large settlements in Russia

Kaa-Chem ( Tuvan and Russian Каа-Хем ) is an urban-type settlement in the Autonomous Republic of Tuva ( Russia ) with 15,044 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the Tuvinian Basin in the middle of the South Siberian Mountains about eight kilometers east of the center of the republic capital Kyzyl on the left bank of the Little Yenisei . The settlement got its name from the Tuvinian name of the left Yenisei source river.

Kaa-Chem is the administrative center of the Rajon ( Koschuuns ) Kysyl , which includes the area around the capital of the republic (not to be confused with the Rajon Kaa-Chemski or Kaa-Chem, named after the river , which extends further to the southeast).

history

The settlement was created from 1975 in connection with the construction of the Kysyl thermal power station (Kysylskaja TEZ) . In 1978 the power plant started operating and Kaa-Chem was given urban-type settlement status. Later, the district administration of Kyzyl was relocated to the suburb of Kaa-Chem.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	4,047
1989	7,297
2002	10,463
2010	15,044

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

In addition to the combined heat and power plant operated by Tywaenergo as the largest electrical energy producer in the republic, with its associated open- pit coal mine ten kilometers to the south-east, Kaa-Chem also has food processing companies as well as trading and supply companies. The construction of a large building materials factory from the 1980s onwards was canceled during the economic crisis after the collapse of the Soviet Union . In the last few years the place has increasingly developed into a residential suburb of the city ​​of Kyzyl due to individual development in the eastern part .

The regional road that connects Kyzyl with the administrative center of Kaa-Chem Saryg-Sep district , located almost 100 kilometers upstream on the Little Yenisei, runs through the village .

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} "Passport" of the cultural life of the regions of Russia on the Internet. Republic of Tuva ( Memento of March 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Russian National Library, NIZ Informkultura, Moscow, 2002 (Russian)