Kamysjak

city Kamysjak Камызяк coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Astrakhan Rajon Kamysjak head Oleg Nikulika Founded 17th century City since 1973 surface 14  km² population 16,314 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1165 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 25  m below sea level Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 85145 Post Code 416340-416345 License Plate 30th OKATO 12 225 501 Website gorodkam.ru Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 7 '  N , 48 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 '0 "  N , 48 ° 5' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Astrakhan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kamysjak ( Russian Камызяк ) is a city in the Astrakhan Oblast ( Russia ) with 16,314 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

In the Volga Delta

The city is located in the Caspian basin , the Volga Delta of Oblasthauptstadt km south about 35 Astrakhan below where the on the Volga -Mündungsarm Kisan into the arms Kamyzyak and Tabola branched.

Kamysjak is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

Kamysjak is connected to Astrakhan by a road.

history

Kamysjak was founded in the 17th century as a small fishing settlement, was given the status of an independent village ( Selo ) in 1918 and town charter on February 2, 1973. The name is from the Kazakh words kamys for cornices and osek / usjak for Bayou derived.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4.211
1959	3,929
1970	6,723
1979	14.096
1989	15,084
2002	16.052
2010	16,314

Note : census data

Culture, education and sights

One of the parts of the Astrakhan Sapovednik nature reserve extends south of the city . It was founded in 1919, is since 1975 as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Convention , and since 1984 as a UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve recognized.

There are several archaeological monuments in the area: the remains (" Gorodishche ") of the Samosdelka settlement and the Karakol and Bolshoi Khadji burial mounds .

The Scientific Research Institute for Vegetable and Pumpkin Cultivation Irrigation Management is located in Kamysjak ( НИИ орошаемого овощеводства и бахчеводства ).

The church in Kamysjak

economy

Kamysjak is the center of an agricultural area (rice, fruit, melons; poultry, cattle). Companies in the food industry are based on this ( Kamris rice processing , Kamos canning factory ). There is also a fishing industry in the Rajon.

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)

Web links

• City administration website (Russian)
• Unofficial website of the Rajons (Russian)
• Kamysjak on mojgorod.ru (Russian)