Amursk, Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal district, Russia

History | Geography : Administrative status | Demographics | Economy | Transport

🇷🇺 Amursk (Аму́рск) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Amur River 45 km (28 mi) south of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

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History It was founded as an urban-type settlement on June 19, 1958, in connection with the construction of a pulp mill near the Nanai settlement Padali. Town status was granted to it in 1973.

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Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Amursk serves as the administrative centre of Amursky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Amursk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Amursk is incorporated within Amursky Municipal District as Amursk Urban Settlement.

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Demographics The population grew from 3,500 in 1959 to a high point of 58,395 inhabitants in 1989. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the population trend reversed.

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Economy In addition to the cellulose and paper mill, there is chemical production and timber production conducted in and near the town, as well as some machinery production.

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Transport There is a goods railway to the town, connecting to the Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk-Dzemgi line at the station of Mylki. There is also a road connection to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

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Amursk has a population of over 42,970 people. Amursk also forms one of the centres of the wider Khabarovsk Krai which has a population of over 1,328,302 people. Amursk is situated 45 km south of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

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Antipodal to Amursk is: -43.1,-50.217

Locations Near: Amursk 136.9,50.2167

🇷🇺 Komsomolsk-on-Amur 137.009,50.551 d: 37.9  

🇷🇺 Khabarovsk 135.074,48.509 d: 231.4  

🇷🇺 Birobidzhan 132.933,48.787 d: 327.6  

🇷🇺 Kholmsk 142.05,47.05 d: 516.7  

🇷🇺 Sakhalin 143,51 d: 439  

🇷🇺 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 142.738,46.959 d: 561.5  

🇨🇳 Jianshan 131.15,46.633 d: 581.7  

🇨🇳 Shuangyashan 131.152,46.629 d: 582  

🇯🇵 Wakkanai 141.667,45.4 d: 642.8  

🇨🇳 Hegang 130.279,47.326 d: 581.7  

Antipodal to: Amursk -43.1,-50.217

🇦🇷 General Pueyrredón -57.533,-37.983 d: 18238.6  

🇦🇷 Mar del Plata -57.55,-38 d: 18239.2  

🇦🇷 Pinamar -56.85,-37.1 d: 18190.8  

🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 17990.5  

🇺🇾 Maldonado -54.95,-34.9 d: 18060.3  

🇺🇾 Ciudad de la Costa -55.95,-34.817 d: 18011.2  

🇺🇾 Montevideo -56.198,-34.907 d: 18009.5  

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 17861.9  

🇺🇾 Canelones -56.284,-34.538 d: 17969.5  

🇦🇷 Tandil -59.133,-37.317 d: 18095.8  

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