Zlatoutovsk (Russian: Златоустовск) is a settlement (from 1942-2010 an urban-type settlement) in the Selemdzhinsky District of the Amur Oblast of Russia. It is the administrative center of the Zlatoust rural settlement.
Zlatoutovsk
Златоустовск | |
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Settlement | |
  Zlatoutovsk  Zlatoutovsk | |
| Coordinates: 52°58′N 133°35′E / 52.967°N 133.583°E[1] | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Amur Oblast |
| District | Selemdzhinsky District |
| Time zone | UTC+9:00 |
Zlatoustovsk is located on the right bank of the Kharga River (a left tributary of the Selemdzha), 80 kilometres east of the district center of Ekimchan. The nearest railway station is 250 kilometres away in Fevralsk.
History edit
The settlement was first mentioned in 1891. It was founded by Pavel Vasilyevich Mordin as the Zhedrinsky mine.[2]
It had the status of an urban-type settlement from 1942 until 2010. In 2010 it was recatergorised as a rural settlement.[3]
Population edit
As of the 2021 Russian census, there were 639 people living in Zlatoutovsk - 318 men and 321 women.[4]
Economy edit
There are two gold mining companies (Khargu CJSC, Albynsky Mine LLC) as well as a power plant.
Culture edit
There is a House of Culture in the town.
References edit
- ^ Карта поселка Златоустовск в Амурской области
- ^ Золотая лихорадка на Амуре Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Амурская правда 26 июня 2009 года № 111 (26688)
- ^ Закон Амурской области «О преобразовании рабочего поселка (поселка городского типа) Златоустовск в сельский населенный пункт»[dead link]
- ^ Оценка численности постоянного населения Амурской области по городам и районам
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