Ust-Omchug
Ust-Omchug
Усть-Омчуг | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
 Ust-Omchug, September 2004 | |
Location of Ust-Omchug  | |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 686050  |
| OKTMO ID | 44716000051 |
Ust-Omchug (
administrative center of Tenkinsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located at the 271-kilometer (168 mi) mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan. Population: 3,914 (2010 Russian census);[1] 4,867 (2002 Census);[6] 11,343 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.
Some 56 kilometers (35 mi) north from the settlement there are couple of other abandoned settlements that once were part of the TenLag. They are
GULAG
.
Economy
There is an ore-mining and processing plant, a mining equipment repair shop, a timber industry company, and a poultry farming sovkhoz.
Climate
Ust-Omchug has a very cold
cover most of the region. Average temperatures range from −32.6 °C (−26.7 °F) in January to +12.7 °C (54.9 °F) in July.| Climate data for Ust-Omchug | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −32.6 (−26.7) |
−31.2 (−24.2) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−26.2 (−15.2) |
−32.4 (−26.3) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15 (0.6) |
13 (0.5) |
7 (0.3) |
13 (0.5) |
28 (1.1) |
46 (1.8) |
67 (2.6) |
60 (2.4) |
48 (1.9) |
38 (1.5) |
24 (0.9) |
16 (0.6) |
375 (14.7) |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
69.4 | 69.6 | 74.5 | 80.7 | 82.4 | 69.9 | 68.0 | 74.7 | 80.8 | 80.2 | 74.4 | 69.6 | 74.5 |
| Source 1: NASA RETScreen Database | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-data.org | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Aerial view in 1958 -
Ruined structures -
Electricity substation -
Gas station
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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 for Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Численность населения Магаданская область по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2017 года(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.