Boguchar

Boguchar (English)
Богучар (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -
Boguchar
Location of Boguchar in Voronezh Oblast
Coordinates: 49°57′N 40°33′E / 49.950°N 40.550°E / 49.950; 40.550Coordinates: 49°57′N 40°33′E / 49.950°N 40.550°E / 49.950; 40.550
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of October 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Voronezh Oblast[1]
Administrative district Bogucharsky District[1]
Urban settlement Boguchar[1]
Administrative center of Bogucharsky District,[1] Boguchar Urban Settlement[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2013)
Municipal district Bogucharsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Boguchar Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Bogucharsky Municipal District,[2] Boguchar Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,811 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Town status since 1779
Postal code(s)[5] 396790–396792, 396799
Official website
Boguchar on Wikimedia Commons

Boguchar (Russian: Богуча́р) is a town and the administrative center of Bogucharsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the Boguchar River (a tributary of the Don), 243 kilometers (151 mi) south of Voronezh, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,811(2010 Census);[3] 13,756(2002 Census);[6] 8,499(1989 Census).[7]

History

Town status was granted to it in 1779.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Boguchar serves as the administrative center of Bogucharsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bogucharsky District as Boguchar Urban Settlement.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Bogucharsky Municipal District.[2]

Military

The 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division of the Russian Ground Forces is based there.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #87-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #63-OZ
  3. 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.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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.
  7. 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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