Uzhur is a town and the administrative center of Uzhursky District

Uzhursky District

Uzhursky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the western portion of the krai and borders with Nazarovsky District in the north, Balakhtinsky District in the east, Novosyolovsky District in the southeast, the...

 of Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located approximately 300 kilometres (186.4 mi) from Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

 between Kuznetsk Alatau and Solgon Ridge where the Chernavka River flows into the Uzhurka. Population:

It was founded in 1760 as the center of Uzhurskaya Volost. First it was a small village, but it grew and in 1953 it was granted town status. The economy of the town is based on well-developed agriculture and the railway line. The biggest production here is crops, dairy and milk products, cattle and sheep breeding. There are about fifty different businesses in Uzhur. 90% of all production is food industry. Some part of it is exported all over Krasnoyarsk Krai.

It is home to the 62nd Missile Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia.