Kalga

For other uses, see Kalga (disambiguation).

Kalga (Russian: Калга) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kalgansky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.

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Selo[1]
Location of Kalga
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Coordinates: 50°55′N 118°54′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative district	Kalgansky District[1]
Founded	1777
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	3,425
Administrative status
• Capital of	Kalgansky District[1]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	674340
OKTMO ID	76618433101

Geography

Kalga (1951)

It lies of the shore of the River Kalga (RUSSIA). It is located 581 km from Chita. In the village there is a district hospital, a pharmacy, a boarding school, an evening school, a creamery, a state bank, and a bookstore.^[4]

History

Kalga was founded in 1777 by exiled members of the Pugachev uprising. Cossacks were settled here beginning in 1851. In September 1908 the 1st Transbaikal battery was deployed in the village. In the 1920s, most of the peasant households united in collective farms, but by the summer of 1930 the farms had disintegrated and kolkhas were formed. In 1942, it became the administrative center of the district. An asphalt plant was formed in 1987.^[4]

Demographics

Population: 3,425 (2010 Census);^[1] 3,735 (2002 Census);^[5] 4,412 (1989 Soviet census).^[6]