Kurumkan

Kurumkan (Russian: Курумка́н; Buryat and Mongolian: Хурамхаан, Khuramkhaan) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kurumkansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located 413 kilometers (257 mi) from Ulan-Ude. Population: 5,465 (2010 Census);[2] 5,957 (2002 Census);[3] 6,687 (1989 Census).[4]

Kurumkan
Курумкан
Settlement
The Barguzin Range rising above Kurumkan
The Barguzin Range rising above Kurumkan
Flag of Kurumkan
Flag
Official seal of Kurumkan
Seal
Kurumkan is located in Republic of Buryatia
Kurumkan
Kurumkan
Kurumkan is located in Russia
Kurumkan
Kurumkan
Coordinates: 54°19′N 110°19′E[1]
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Buryatia
DistrictKurumkansky District
Time zoneUTC+8:00
One of the streets in Kurumkan, Kurumkansky district, Buryatia

Etymology

The name "Kurumkan" comes from the Evenk language and means a stone river.

Geography

Kurumkan is located by the Barguzin River, with the Barguzin Range rising to the west.[5]

Transportation

There is a bus that runs twice a day between Ulan-Ude and Kurumkan.

References
  1. Карта Курумканского района Бурятии
  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. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. Расстояние от Майского до Курумкана

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