Amursk

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Амурск (Russian)
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Location of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia
Amursk
Location of Amursk in Khabarovsk Krai
Coordinates: 50°13′N 136°54′E / 50.217°N 136.900°E / 50.217; 136.900Coordinates: 50°13′N 136°54′E / 50.217°N 136.900°E / 50.217; 136.900
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Khabarovsk Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of krai significance of Amursk[1]
Administrative center of town of krai significance of Amursk,[2] Amursky District[3]
Municipal status (as of October 2010)
Municipal district Amursky Municipal District[4]
Urban settlement Amursk Urban Settlement[4]
Administrative center of Amursky Municipal District,[5] Amursk Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 42,970 inhabitants[6]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[7]
Founded June 19, 1958[8]
Town status since 1973
Postal code(s)[9] 682640–682642
Dialing code(s) +7 42142
Official website
Amursk on Wikimedia Commons

Amursk (Russian: Аму́рск) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Amur River 45 kilometers (28 mi) south of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Population: 42,970(2010 Census);[6] 47,759(2002 Census);[10] 58,395(1989 Census).[11]

History

It was founded as an urban-type settlement on June 19, 1958,[8] in connection with the construction of a pulp mill near the Nanai settlement Padali. Town status was granted to it in 1973.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Amursk serves as the administrative center of Amursky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Amursk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Amursk is incorporated within Amursky Municipal District as Amursk Urban Settlement.[4]

Demographics

The population grew from 3,500 in 1959 to a high point of 58,395 inhabitants in 1989. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the population trend reversed.

Economy

In addition to the cellulose and paper mill, there is chemical production and timber production conducted in and near the town, as well as some machinery production.

Transportation

There is a goods railway to the town, connecting to the Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk-Dzemgi line at the station of Mylki. There is also a road connection to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #143-pr, Article 3
  2. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 08 403», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 08 403, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  3. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 08 203», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 08 203, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  4. 1 2 3 Law #191
  5. Law #264
  6. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 20. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  9. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  10. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  11. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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