Dauriya, Zabaykalsky Krai

Dauriya (Russian: Даурия) is a settlement in Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia, the administrative center of the Daursky Rural Settlement.

History

Dauriya was originally founded in 1900 as a rail siding on the Trans-Baikal Railway, to which a settlement was attached in 1909. It was the location of the 1st Argun Regiment and 1st Transbaikal Cossack Battery of the 1st Separate Transbaikal Cossack Brigade of the Transbaikal Cossack Host until the Russian Civil War.[1]

Transport

Dauriya is the location of a station on the Trans-Baikal Railway, and is 50 kilometers (31 mi) southwest of Zabaykalsk, the nearest inhabited location.[1]

Demographics

According to the Russian Census of 2010, Dauriya had 3,850 inhabitants.[2] According to the Russian Census of 2002, it had 4,242 inhabitants.[3]

References
  1. Chchel, A.P. "Даурия, поселок" [Dauriya, settlement] (in Russian). Transbaikal Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  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.
  3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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).
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