Karymskoye

Karymskoye (Russian: Карымское; Buryat: Ага, Aga) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Karymsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 13,037 (2010 Census);^[2] 12,440 (2002 Census);^[7] 15,692 (1989 Soviet census)^[8].

Karymskoye Карымское
Urban-type settlement[1]
Location of Karymskoye
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Coordinates: 51°36′N 114°20′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative district	Karymsky District[1]
Founded	1761
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	13,037
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	12,844 (−1.5%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Karymsky District[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Karymskoye Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Karymskoye Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	673300
OKTMO ID	76620151051

History

Karymskoye was founded in 1761 by the baptized Tungus ("karym") Gantimurov family. After 1822, the settlement was subordinate to the Urulginskaya foreign council. Originally the village of Karymskoye was on the left bank of the Ingoda river. After the flood of 1897 the inhabitants moved to the railway station, built in 1897 on a high place. The village consisted of 4 short streets with 92 different kinds of buildings, including an elementary school, a resettlement center, several shops and a bathhouse. It has been the administrative center of the Karymsky district since 1926, and it received urban locality status in 1935. In 1982, the memorial "The Military Glory" was opened in honor of the soldiers who died in the Second World War.^[9]

Economy

Karym Electromechanical Plant and the Karymsky integrated forestry plant are located in the town. There is also a butter factory, railroad enterprises. departments, road-repair construction management, and a bread-baking plant.^[9]