Kuldur

Urban-type settlement Kuldur Кульдур Federal district far East region Jewish Autonomous Oblast Rajon Obluchye Founded 1924 Urban-type settlement since 1958 population 1609 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 370  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42666 Post Code 679132 License Plate 79 OKATO 99 220 562 Geographical location Coordinates 49 ° 12 '  N , 131 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '15 "  N , 131 ° 38' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Kuldur ( Russian Кульду́р ) is an urban-type settlement in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast ( Russia ) with 1609 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the Small Hinggan Mountains, mainly on the left bank of the Kuldur river of the same name, the left source of the Amur tributary Bira . Immediately north of the settlement, the main ridge of the low mountain range rises to a height of almost 1000  m . There it marks the border with the Khabarovsk region .

Kuldur is located about 105 km as the crow flies west-northwest of the republic capital Birobidzhan . It belongs to the Obblutschje Rajon and is about 50 km east-northeast from its administrative center Obblutschje .

history

The place emerged from 1924 as one of the first balneological health resorts in the Far East of Russia, based on the 72 ° C warm mineral waters known there since the second half of the 19th century, which were first geologically examined in 1910. The name is derived from the word chulschiur , which means 'hot water' in the Nanai language . In 1929 the first sanatorium started operating. In 1958, Kuldur received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2149
1959	2367
1970	3173
1979	3127
1989	4132
2002	1957
2010	1609

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Kuldur is a health resort of regional importance with several sanatoriums. The place is on the Izvestkowaja  - Tschegdomyn railway line , which connects the Trans-Siberian Railway with the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) near Novy Urgal (route km 30). Road connection exists to Birakan, 23 km to the south, on the M 58 Amur road from Chita to Khabarovsk , part of the transcontinental road connection.

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. ↑ Kuldur on the AquaExpert website (Russian)