Seja (city)

city Seja Zея flag coat of arms Federal district far East Oblast Amur Urban district Seja head Raisa Chornaya Founded 1879 Earlier names Seja-Pristan (until 1913) City since 1906 surface 40  km² population 24,986 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 625 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 225  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41658 Post Code 676240-676246 License Plate 28 OKATO 10 412 Website www.admzeya.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 44 '  N , 127 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 44 '0 "  N , 127 ° 15' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Amur Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Seja ( Russian Зея ) is a city in the Amur Oblast ( Russia ) with 24,986 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the southern edge of the Tukuringra Mountains , about 500 km north of the Oblast capital Blagoveschensk , on the right bank of the Seja . The river, which gave the city its name, leaves its breakthrough valley here , which is why this point a little above the city was also chosen for the construction of the Seja Dam , the largest in the Far East of Russia .

The city of Seja is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

Seja is connected to the Tygda station of the Trans-Siberian Railway via a 100 km long road .

history

Seja was established in 1879 in a practically uninhabited area as a supply and administrative base for gold mining in the area of ​​the upper Seja under the name Seiski sklad (Зейский склад, about Seja warehouse). On March 12, 1906, the place, which had meanwhile grown to about 5000 inhabitants, was given city rights under the name Seja-Pristan (Зея-Пристань, about Seja pier or small port). On November 3, 1913, the name of the city was shortened to today's.

Until the 1930s, when the center of gold mining shifted to the Kolyma region, the Seja region, and with it the city of Seja, was one of the most important for gold mining in Russia. The city experienced a new upswing with the construction of the Seja Dam between 1964 and the end of the 1970s.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,939
1959	7.119
1970	16,684
1979	28,980
1989	31,955
2002	27,795
2010	24,986

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Seja there is a branch of the Oblast Museum of Local History as well as a museum of the construction of the Seja Dam.

economy

The most important economic factor is the Seja dam, along with forestry. The city is surrounded by an agricultural area of ​​regional importance (vegetables, cattle breeding). Gold mining still plays a role.

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

Commons : Seja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Seja on mojgorod.ru (Russian)