Zakamensk
Encyclopedia
Zakamensk is a town and the administrative center of Zakamensky District
of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
, located on the Dzhida River 420 kilometres (261 mi) southwest of Ulan-Ude
and 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the Mongolia
n border. Population:
and molybdenum
reserves began in 1933.
Town status was granted to it in 1944. It was renamed Zakamensk in 1959, from the Russian term Zakamen which had been used for the region since the 17th century. The word means beyond the rocks in Russian
, referring to its location beyond the Chamar-Daban
mountains.
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Zakamensky District
Zakamensky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Zakamensk. District's population: 29,692 ; Population of Zakamensk accounts for 40.5% of the...
of the Republic of Buryatia, 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 on the Dzhida River 420 kilometres (261 mi) southwest of Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...
and 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
n border. Population:
History
It was founded in 1893 as a mining settlement under the name of Gorodok. Mining of the local tungstenTungsten
Tungsten , also known as wolfram , is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74.A hard, rare metal under standard conditions when uncombined, tungsten is found naturally on Earth only in chemical compounds. It was identified as a new element in 1781, and first isolated as...
and molybdenum
Molybdenum
Molybdenum , is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin Molybdaenum, from Ancient Greek , meaning lead, itself proposed as a loanword from Anatolian Luvian and Lydian languages, since its ores were confused with lead ores...
reserves began in 1933.
Town status was granted to it in 1944. It was renamed Zakamensk in 1959, from the Russian term Zakamen which had been used for the region since the 17th century. The word means beyond the rocks in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
, referring to its location beyond the Chamar-Daban
Chamar-Daban
Khamar-Daban is a mountain range near Baikal Mountains in Siberia, Russia at the Lake Baikal. The highest peak is the Utulinskaya podkova at 2396 metres....
mountains.
Economy and infrastructure
The town's economy relies mainly on the mining and processing of metal ores, which are then mainly transported to smelters in the Urals. There is road from the Zakamensk to Dzhida railway station, 253 kilometres (157.2 mi) to the east on the Trans-Mongolian RailwayTrans-Mongolian Railway
The Trans-Mongolian Railway connects Ulan-Ude, on the Trans-Baikal railway in Russia, with the Chinese city of Jining, by way of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia....
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