Priargunsk

Urban-type settlement Priargunsk Приаргунск Federal district far East region Transbaikalia Rajon Priargunski Founded 1953 Earlier names Zuruchaitui (until 1962) Urban-type settlement since 1958 population 7388 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 515  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 30243 Post Code 674310 License Plate 75, 80 OKATO 76 238 551 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 22 '  N , 119 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '0 "  N , 119 ° 5' 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Transbaikalia region

Priargunsk ( Russian Приаргу́нск ) is an urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region in Russia with 7388 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 430 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional capital Tschita . It is located on the Uruljungui river, not far from its confluence with the Amur source river, Argun , which marks the state border with the People's Republic of China .

Priargunsk administrative center is the Rajons Priargunski and seat and only town of the municipality posselenije Priargunskoje gorodskoje.

history

The place was founded in 1953 under the name Zuruchaitui , based on the nearest villages Starozuruchaitui ("Old Zuruchaitui"), 25 km southeast, upstream on the Argun, and Nowozuruchaitui ("New Zuruchaitui"), a good 3 km northeast, downstream on the Located in Argun. Since 1958 the place has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

In 1962 Priargunsk got its current name, derived from the Russian pri Arguni for am Argun. At the same time, the Byrkinski rajon, which had existed since 1926, was renamed and its administration was relocated from the village of Byrka, 50 km northwest, to Priargunsk.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	5382
1970	5177
1979	6867
1989	7954
2002	8260
2010	7388

Note: census data

traffic

Priargunsk is the end point of a 207 km long railway line that branches off at the Kharanor station from the Karymskaya  - Sabaikalsk line (former Chinese Eastern Railway ). The line to Priargunsk was initially built as a narrow-gauge railway ( gauge 750 mm) in the early 1950s and then converted to Russian broad gauge in the early 1970s .

The settlement is on the road that follows the left bank of the Argun from Sabaikalsk down to Nerchinsky Zavod . To the northwest there is a cross-connection to the regional road R430, which also runs from Borsja to Nerchinsky Zavod.

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. ↑ History ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of the Rajons (Russian)