Onguday Explained

En Name:Onguday
Ru Name:Онгудай
Loc Name1:Оҥдой
Loc Lang1:Altay
Coordinates:50.75°N 94°W
Map Label Position:right
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Ongudaysky District.svg
Federal Subject:Altai Republic
Adm District Jur:Ongudaysky District
Adm Selsoviet Type:Selsoviet
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Ongudaysky
Adm Selsoviet Jur Ref:[1]
Adm Ctr Of1:Ongudaysky District
Adm Ctr Of2:Ongudaysky Selsoviet
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun Data As Of:March 2015
Mun District Jur:Ongudaysky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Ongudayskoye Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Ongudaysky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Ongudayskoye Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:5655
Date:September 2018
Onguday population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:5,655
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:5,376
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:5,399
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:4,472

Onguday (Russian: Онгуда́й; Southern Altai: Оҥдой, Oñdoy) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Ongudaysky District in the Altai Republic, Russia, located on the Ursul River, 210km (130miles) from Gorno-Altaysk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,655, consisting mainly of the Altai people and Russians.

Etymology

Local name Ongdoy (from mongolian onge — "cave, cavity", doy — possession affix;literally — "having cave, cavities"

History

It was founded in 1626. In 1856-1857, the camp-settlement of the Altai spiritual mission of the Russian Orthodox Church was founded. In 1860, the first school was opened, for which a building was built in 1881. In 1879, the Assumption Church was built and consecrated in 1881. In 1908 the Church of St. Innocent of Irkutsk was built. In 1910, about 800 people lived in the village.

Climate

Onguday has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with warm, humid summers and severely cold, dry winters. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average temperature is, the highest temperature recorded being . The coldest month of the year is January, when the average temperature is, with the record low of .

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Notes and References

  1. Law #101-RZ
  2. Law #10-RZ