Karymskoye

Karymskoye (Russian: Карымское; Buryat: Ага, Aga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Karymsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 13,037 (2010 Census);^[2] 12,440 (2002 Census);^[7] 15,692 (1989 Soviet census)^[8].

Karymskoye Карымское
Urban-type settlement[1]
Location of Karymskoye
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Coordinates: 51°36′N 114°20′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative district	Karymsky District[1]
Founded	1761
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	13,037
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	12,844 (−1.5%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Karymsky District[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Karymskoye Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Karymskoye Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	673300
OKTMO ID	76620151051

History

Karymskoye was founded in 1761 by the baptized Tungus ("karym") Gantimurov family. After 1822, the settlement was subordinate to the Urulginskaya foreign council. Originally the village of Karymskoye was on the left bank of the Ingoda river. After the flood of 1897 the inhabitants moved to the railway station, built in 1897 on a high place. The village consisted of 4 short streets with 92 different kinds of buildings, including an elementary school, a resettlement center, several shops and a bathhouse. It has been the administrative center of the Karymsky district since 1926, and it received urban locality status in 1935. In 1982, the memorial "The Military Glory" was opened in honor of the soldiers who died in the Second World War.^[9]

Economy

Karym Electromechanical Plant and the Karymsky integrated forestry plant are located in the town. There is also a butter factory, railroad enterprises. departments, road-repair construction management, and a bread-baking plant.^[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. 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. Karymskoye in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia. (in Russian)