Tschany (place)

Urban-type settlement Chany Chani Federal district Siberia Oblast Novosibirsk Rajon Tschany mayor Yuri Oleinikov Founded 1875 Urban-type settlement since 1947 population 8473 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38367 Post Code 63220x License Plate 54, 154 OKATO 50 256 551 Website www.chany.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 19 ′  N , 76 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 76 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Novosibirsk Oblast

Tschany ( Russian Чаны ) is an urban-type settlement in Novosibirsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 8,473 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Tschany is located in the southeastern part of the West Siberian lowland , the Barabasteppe , about 400 km west of the oblast capital Novosibirsk and 50 km north of the outflowless Lake Tschany , which gave the place its name.

The Chany settlement is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

The Trans-Siberian Railway runs through Tschany (2932 km from Moscow ).

history

Tschany was founded in 1875 as a hamlet Novopokrowskaja saimka ( Новопокровская заимка ), near which the Chany station was built during the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1890 and a village of the same name was created in 1892. In 1924 the place became the administrative center of Rajon. In 1947 urban-type settlement status was given.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	5872
1959	9086
1970	8167
1979	8951
1989	9607
2002	9039
2010	8473

Note: census data

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)

economy

Since the place is located in an important agricultural area, companies in the food industry predominate (milk, meat and grain products); there is also the construction industry.

Web links

• Rajon Administration website (Russian)