Sakamensk

city Sakamensk Закаменск Federal district far East republic Buryatia Rajon Sakamensk Founded 1893 Earlier names Gorodok (until 1959) City since 1944 surface 76  km² population 11,524 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 152 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 1100  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 301 370 Post Code 671950 License Plate 03 OKATO 81 221 501 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 23 '  N , 103 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '0 "  N , 103 ° 17' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Buryatia

List of cities in Russia

Sakamensk ( Russian Закаменск ) is a city in the Republic of Buryatia ( Russia ) with 11,524 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in Transbaikalia , about 420 km southwest of the republic capital Ulan-Ude , in the valley of the Modonkul , which flows into the Jida , a left tributary of the Selenga . Sakamensk, located on the northern flank of the Jida Mountains, which are over 1,800 meters high , is only about eight kilometers from the Mongolian border.

The city of Sakamensk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

Zakamensk is a 245 km long road with fixed station Dschida the railway Ulan-Ude - naushki - Ulan Bator ( Trans-Mongolian Railway connected) and has a small airport.

history

Sakamensk was founded in 1893 as a mining settlement with the name Gorodok (Russian for town ). The official foundation of the town took place in 1933 when the mining of a tungsten - molybdenum deposit began . In 1944 it received its town charter and in 1959 its current name (after a Russian name for the area that has been known since the 18th century, Закамень / sakamen for behind the stone or rock , i.e. beyond the mountain ranges south of Lake Baikal , e.g. Chamar-Daban ).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10.193
1959	13,751
1970	12,746
1979	13,227
1989	15,591
2002	12,709
2010	11,524

Note : census data

economy

Cityscape The determining the degradation of the ore deposit is southeast of the city and the ore enrichment in Dschida-tungsten-molybdenum combine ( Джидинский вольфрамово-молибденовый комбинат / Dschidinski wolframowo-molibdenowy kombinat), which mainly metallurgical plants of the Ural supplies. There are also light industry and the construction industry.

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

• On the history of the city (Russian)
• Sakamensk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)