Naushki Explained

En Name:Naushki
Ru Name:Наушки
Loc Lang1:Buryat
Coordinates:50.3886°N 106.1044°W
Map Label Position:top
Federal Subject:Republic of Buryatia
Adm District Jur:Kyakhtinsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Naushki Urban-Type Settlement
Adm Selsoviet Type:Urban-type settlement
Adm Ctr Of:Naushki Urban-Type Settlement
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun District Jur:Kyakhtinsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Naushkinskoye Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Naushkinskoye Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:3409
Postal Codes:671820
Naushki population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:3,409
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:3,575
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:4,167
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:3,739

Naushki (Russian: На́ушки; Buriat: Наашхи, Naashkhi) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kyakhtinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located near the border with Mongolia, 30km (20miles) from the town of Kyakhta. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,409.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Naushki is incorporated within Kyakhtinsky District as Naushki Urban-Type Settlement[1] (an administrative division of the district).[2] As a municipal division, Naushki Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Kyakhtinsky Municipal District as Naushkinskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

Naushki is Russia's border station on the Trans-Mongolian Railway, which connects Russia with Mongolia and continues on to China.[4] The counterpart station on the Mongolian side is Sükhbaatar.

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Notes and References

  1. Resolution #431
  2. Law #2433-III
  3. Law #985-III
  4. Rolf Potts. Stranded in Siberia: At an obscure border town, our correspondent discovers the biggest obstacle in negotiating the next 4,000 miles: The train has left without him. (Salon Magazine, November 10, 1999)