En Name: | Magdagachi |
Ru Name: | Магдага́чи |
Coordinates: | 53.45°N 125.8°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Magdagachinsky rayon (Amur oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Amur Oblast |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm District Jur: | Magdagachinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Magdagachinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Inhabloc Type: | work settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Magdagachinsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [2] |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Work Settlement Magdagachi Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Magdagachinsky Municipal District, Work Settlement Magdagachi Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 10897 |
Magdagachi (Russian: Магдага́чи) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Magdagachinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia, located 367km (228miles) northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population:
It was established in 1910 in connection with the construction of the Amur Railway; both the settlement and the railway station were named after the stream called Magdagachi, which flows into a tributary of the Amur River. Magdagachi was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938.
Magdagachi experiences a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) bordering upon a subarctic climate (Dwc) with very cold, dry winters and warm, humid, and rainy summers.
Magdagachi has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway 7494km (4,657miles) from Moscow). The M58 "Amur" highway traverses it as of 2010.There is also a small regional airport (IATA Code GDG, UHBI), but it is not currently in service.