Priargunsk
Priargunsk
Приаргунск | |
|---|---|
Location of Priargunsk  | |
  Priargunsk Location of Priargunsk  Priargunsk Priargunsk (Zabaykalsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 50°21′N 119°04′E / 50.350°N 119.067°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai[1] |
| Administrative district | Priargunsky District[1] |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Elevation | 517 m (1,696 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,388 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 7,138 (−3.4%) |
| • Capital of | Priargunsky District[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Priargunskoye Okrug[4] |
| • Capital of | Priargunskoye Okrug[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 674310 |
| OKTMO ID | 76638151051 |
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 Soviet census)[8].
Geography
[edit]Priargunsk is on the river Argun. It is located 595 km (by rail) to the south-east. from Chita.[9]
Climate
[edit]Priargunsk has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), with warm, humid summers and severe winters.
| Climate data for Priargunsk | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
41.8 (107.2) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.6 (97.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
5.0 (40.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −28.3 (−18.9) |
−23.3 (−9.9) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −34.8 (−30.6) |
−31.3 (−24.3) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
1.7 (35.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−31.3 (−24.3) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −52.8 (−63.0) |
−46.4 (−51.5) |
−43.9 (−47.0) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−26.0 (−14.8) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
−50.0 (−58.0) |
−52.8 (−63.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8.3 (0.33) |
10.2 (0.40) |
14.5 (0.57) |
18.3 (0.72) |
34.8 (1.37) |
73.6 (2.90) |
116.9 (4.60) |
101.5 (4.00) |
51.8 (2.04) |
21.6 (0.85) |
10.9 (0.43) |
13.1 (0.52) |
475.5 (18.73) |
| Average precipitation days | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 52.3 |
| Source: climatebase.ru[10] | |||||||||||||
History
[edit]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
[edit]There is a food factory, JSC Priargunsky Cheese Factory, LLC Agropromtrans, and trucking enterprises. There is district hospital, maternity hospital, and pharmacy.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ a b Law #316-ZZK
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Priargunsk Archived April 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine in the Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia (in Russian)
- ^ "Priargunsk, Russia". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved December 17, 2021.