Klitschka

Urban-type settlement Klitschka Кличка Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Priargunski Urban-type settlement since 1952 population 1786 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 760  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30243 Post Code 674320 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 238 554 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 27 '  N , 118 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '30 "  N , 118 ° 0' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Klitschka ( Russian Кли́чка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 1786 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 360 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional capital Chita and 40 km north of Krasnokamensk in the area of ​​the 1200  m high Klitschka ridge (Klitschkinski chrebet). It is located a few kilometers from the left bank of the Argun tributary Uruljungui .

Klitschka belongs to the Priargunsk district and is located about 80 km west of its administrative center Priargunsk . It is the seat and only locality of the municipality of Klitschkinskoje gorodskoje posselenije. The settlement consists of two districts about 3 km apart: the northern Klitschka-1 and the southern Klitschka-2.

history

The place already existed in the 19th century. In connection with the construction of a lead and zinc ore mine , Klitschka received urban-type settlement status in 1952.

In 1994 the mine and the associated enrichment factory were closed; fluorspar is still being mined nearby .

Population development

year	Residents
1902	1546
1959	7196
1970	5483
1979	4561
1989	4412
2002	2628
2010	1786

Note: census data from 1959

traffic

8 km southwest of Klitschka is the Marguzek railway station on the Charanor - Priargunsk line, which was initially built as a narrow-gauge railway ( 750 mm gauge ) in the early 1950s and converted to Russian broad-gauge in the early 1970s .

Road connection is north over the regional road 76K-006 km to 46 remote Sawwo-Borzya at 76A-011 (formerly R430), the Borzya on the highway A350 with Iwanowka at Nerchinsky Zavod connects. In an easterly direction, the 76K-113 leads towards Priargunsk.

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. ↑ Klitschka in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikaliens (Russian)