Magdagachi

Urban-type settlement Magdagachi Магдагачи Federal district far East Oblast Amur Rajon Magdagachi Founded 1910 Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 10,897 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 360  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41653 Post Code 676120-676124 License Plate 28 OKATO 10 231 551 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 27 '  N , 125 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '0 "  N , 125 ° 49' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Amur Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Magdagachi ( Russian Магдагачи ) is an urban-type settlement in the Amur Oblast ( Russia ) with 10,897 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the north of the Amur extending low mountain range in the Russian Far East , about 370 km (distance) north of Oblasthauptstadt Blagoveshchensk . A river of the same name flows through the place, which later flows into the left Amur tributary Olga .

Magdagatschi is the administrative center of the Magdagatschi Rajons of the same name .

history

The place was created in 1910 in connection with the construction of the Amur railway from Kuenga not far from Sretensk in Transbaikalia to Khabarovsk . The station and settlement were named after the river, and rail traffic on this section began in 1914.

In 1938 urban-type settlement status was given.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	13,652
1959	12,977
1970	15,059
1979	14,438
1989	15,578
2002	12.208
2010	10,897

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

There are forestry and railway companies in the settlement.

Magdagatschi is a station of the Trans-Siberian Railway (route km 7494 from Moscow ). The R297 Amur road, part of the Trans-Siberian road connection , also passes through the village .

At Magdagatschi there is a small regional airport ( IATA airport code GDG , ICAO code UHBI ), which is currently out of order.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Sergei Chebotaryov (* 1969), politician
• Ruslana Zychozka (* 1986), Ukrainian triple jumper

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)