Ossora

Urban-type settlement Ossora Оссора Federal district far East region Kamchatka Rajon Karaginski head Sergei Voronin Founded 1937 Urban-type settlement since 1949 population 2133 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 3  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 41545 Post Code 688700 License Plate 41 OKATO 30 124 651 Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 15 '  N , 163 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 14 '45 "  N , 163 ° 4' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Kamchatka Region

Ossora ( Russian Оссо́ра ) is an urban-type settlement in the Kamchatka region ( Russia ) with 2133 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the northeast coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Karaginski Bay of the Bering Sea , on a spit on the Ossora Bay on the western bank of the strait named after Fyodor Lütke (Litke), which separates the mainland from the offshore island of Karaginski . A little to the north, the river, also called Ossora, flows into the bay. Ossora is about 750 kilometers as the crow flies north-northeast of the regional administrative center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky .

Ossora is the administrative center of Karaginski Rajons , one of the four Rajons of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug , which was an independent federal subject until July 1, 2007 .

history

The settlement emerged from 1937 as a new, more favorably located administrative center in a less swampy area for the Karaginski Rajon, which has existed since 1926 (named after the Karaginski Bay and Island and the Karaga River on its territory and off its coasts ). Before that, until 1930, when an independent Oljutorski district was spun off, the district center was in Tilichiki , then in the village of Karaga . By 1942, Ossora, which was named after the river and bay, was essentially completed. In 1949 urban-type settlement was granted.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	2295
1970	2975
1979	3720
1989	4074
2002	2589
2010	2133

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main industry is fishing and processing. Potatoes, vegetables and cattle are grown in the vicinity for local needs, and reindeer herding is carried out by the indigenous Korjak population in the Rajon .

Immediately south of Ossora there is a small airport ( ICAO code UHPD ), from which there is a connection to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. A road leads from the settlement in a southerly direction to the village of Karaga, 15 kilometers away, on the south coast of a peninsula to the bay of Karaga adjacent to Ossora Bay. There is no connection to the regional road network, so Ossora can only be reached by air or by sea.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi VPN-2010. Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie kraja. (Results of the 2010 census. Administrative-territorial division of the region.) Table 2 (Download from the website of the Territorial Organ of the Kamchatka Region of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ History of the Raion and the Settlement on the official website of the Raion Administration (Russian)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ossora on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)

Web links

• Official website of the Raion Administration (Russian)