Selenginsk

This article is about the modern inhabited locality. For the historical locality which used to be called Selenginsk, see Novoselenginsk.
Selenginsk (English)
Селенгинск (Russian)
Сэлэнгын (Buryat)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

Stroiteley Avenue is the central street of Selenginsk
Selenginsk
Location of Selenginsk in the Republic of Buryatia
Coordinates: 52°01′N 106°52′E / 52.017°N 106.867°E / 52.017; 106.867Coordinates: 52°01′N 106°52′E / 52.017°N 106.867°E / 52.017; 106.867
Administrative status (as of July 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Buryatia[1]
Administrative district Kabansky District[1]
Urban-type settlement Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement[1]
Administrative center of Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement
Municipal status (as of October 2014)
Municipal district Kabansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Selenginskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Selenginskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 14,546 inhabitants[4]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[5]
Founded 1961
Postal code(s)[6] 671247
Selenginsk on Wikimedia Commons
Selenginsk population
2010 Census 14,546[4]
2002 Census 16,326[7]
1989 Census 15,233[8]
1979 Census 13,000[9]

Selenginsk (Russian: Селенги́нск; Buryat: Сэлэнгын, Selengyn) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kabansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located at the head of the Selenga River delta about 30 kilometers (19 mi) from Lake Baikal and about 50 kilometers (31 mi) northwest of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 14,546.[4]

History

It was established in 1961 as a Komsomol project around a paper mill. In post-Soviet times the paper mill was seen as a major source of pollution.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Selenginsk is incorporated within Kabansky District as Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement[1] (an administrative division of the district).[10] As a municipal division, Selenginsk Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Kabansky Municipal District as Selenginskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

Selenginsk stands on the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Trans-Siberian Highway.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #431
  2. 1 2 3 Law #985-III
  3. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 81 624 163». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 81 624 163. ).
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. ↑ 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.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  10. ↑ Law #2433-III

Sources

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