Sayanogorsk

city Sayanogorsk Sayanogorsk flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia republic Khakassia Urban district Sayanogorsk mayor Leonid Bykov Founded 1975 City since 1975 surface 89  km² population 49,887 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 561 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 320  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39042 Post Code 655602, 655603 License Plate 19th OKATO 95 408 Website www.sng.khakasnet.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 6 ′  N , 91 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 91 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Khakassia

List of cities in Russia

Sajanogorsk ( Russian Саяногорск ) is a city in the Republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) with 49,887 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the West Sayan , about 75 km south of the republic capital Abakan , on the left bank of the Yenisei . The climate is continental.

The city of Sayanogorsk is administratively directly subordinate to the republic. The city district also includes settlements of urban type Maina ( Майна , 10 km upstream 5,063 inhabitants) and Cheryomushki ( Черёмушки , 30 km upstream, 8,374 inhabitants) managed such that the total population of the administrative unit town Sajanogorsk 63326 is (calculation 2009).

history

Since the beginning of the 18th century, the village Osnachennoje ( Означенное ) existed in the place of today's town . The upstream town of Maina received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957 when Maina reservoir and hydroelectric power station were built there on the Yenisei . The actual city was founded in connection with the start of construction of the Sajano-Schuschensk hydropower plant and the Sajan aluminum plant on November 6, 1975.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	21,880
1989	50,188
2002	50,255
2010	49,887

Note : census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The economy is determined by the Sayan aluminum plant ( Саянский алюминиевый завод ; first section of the aluminum plant, in operation since 1985) and the Khakas aluminum plant ( Хакасский алюминиевый завод) , in the second section of the aluminum plant since December 2006. Both belong to the aluminum group Rusal . In particular, the energy requirements of these plants are covered by the Sayano-Shushensk hydropower plant near Cheryomushki (the most powerful in Russia and one of the world's largest) and the considerably smaller Maina hydropower plant near Maina. There is also a construction industry in Sajanogorsk ( marble mining by Sajanmramor ), light and food industries.

Sajanogorsk and jenisseiaufwärts situated villages Maina and Cheryomushki own railway connection (freight) for 66 km from Sayanogorsk remote station Kamyschta at the " South Siberian Railway " Novokuznetsk - Abakan - Taishet .

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)

Web links

• Sayanogorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• City administration website (Russian) ( Memento from October 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )