Priargunsk

Priargunsk (Russian: Приаргунск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Priargunsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 7,388 (2010 Census);[2] 8,260 (2002 Census);[7] 7,954 (1989 Census)[8].

Priargunsk

Приаргунск
Urban-type settlement[1]
Location of Priargunsk
Priargunsk
Location of Priargunsk
Priargunsk
Priargunsk (Zabaykalsky Krai)
Coordinates: 50°21′N 119°04′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative districtPriargunsky District[1]
Founded1953
Population
 • Total7,388
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
7,138 (−3.4%)
 • Capital ofPriargunsky District[1]
 • Urban okrugPriargunskoye Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofPriargunskoye Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]
674310
OKTMO ID76638151051

Geography

Priargunsk is on the river Argun. It is located 595 km (by rail) to the south-east. from Chita.[9]

History

It was founded in 1953. On March 30, 1962, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the working settlement of Tsurukhaitui was renamed and became the urban settlement of Priargunsk. An airport operated until the 1990s.[9]

Economy

There is a food factory, JSC Priargunsky Cheese Factory, LLC Agropromtrans, and trucking enterprises. There is district hospital, maternity hospital, and pharmacy.[9]

References
  1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
  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. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. Law #316-ZZK
  5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
  8. "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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. Priargunsk Archived April 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia (in Russian)

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