Ust-Kan

Federal district	Siberia
republic	Altai
Rajon	Ust-Kan
Founded	1876
population	4123 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Height of the center	1020 m
Time zone	UTC + 7
Telephone code	(+7) 38847
Post Code	649450
License Plate	04
OKATO	84 235 865 001
Geographical location
Coordinates	50 ° 56 ' N , 84 ° 46' E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '0 " N , 84 ° 46' 0" E
	Situation in Russia
	Location in the Altai Republic

Ust-Kan ( Russian Усть-Кан , South Altai Кан-Оозы / Kan-Oosy ) is a village (selo) in the west of the Autonomous Republic of Altai in southern Siberia ( Russia ) with 4123 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Ust-Kan in winter

The place is not far from the border with Kazakhstan on the edge of an extensive steppe plateau between the over 2000 m high ridges Korgon and Bashchelak of the Russian Altai . At the village, the river flows Kan in the upper reaches of the left Whether -Nebenflusses Tscharysch .

Ust-Kan is the administrative center of Ust-Kan Rajon .

history

The village was founded in 1876.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1838
1959	2432
1970	2429
1979	2690
1989	3022
2002	3528
2010	4123

Note: census data

Attractions

Traces of settlement from the Paleolithic Age were found in caves near Ust-Kan . The 600,000 year old finds represent the oldest evidence of Stone Age man found in Siberia.

Infrastructure

The place is on the regional road R373 , which leads from Tuekta on the trunk road M52 ("Tschujatrakt") to Ust-Koksa and Tjungur on the upper reaches of the Katun . There is a bus connection to the republic capital Gorno-Altaisk via this . At Ust-Kan a shorter, but more difficult to drive road branches off through the northwest of the republic to Tscherga , also on the M52.

Individual evidence

↑ ^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)

swell

Map of Central Asia , Brockhaus Atlas 1980

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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)