Ust-Omchug Explained

En Name:Ust-Omchug
Ru Name:Усть-Омчуг
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Magadan Oblast
Adm District Jur:Tenkinsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Pop 2010Census:3,914
Pop Latest:3,273
Pop Latest Date:1 January 2017
Pop Latest Ref:[1]
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:12
Marker:village

Ust-Omchug (Russian: Усть-Омчуг) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tenkinsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located at the 271km (168miles) mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan. Population:

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Ust-Omchug in 1953.

Some 56km (35miles) north from the settlement there are couple of other abandoned settlements that once were part of the TenLag. They are Butugichag and Lower Butugichag. The settlements were part of the Soviet correctional system of GULAG.

Economy

There is an ore-mining and processing plant, a mining equipment repair shop, a timber industry company, and a poultry farming sovkhoz.

Climate

Ust-Omchug has a very cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are prolonged and very cold, with up to eight months of sub-zero maximum daily temperatures, such that the soil remains permanently frozen. Permafrost and tundra cover most of the region. Average temperatures range from in January to in July.

Notes and References

  1. Office of the Federal State Statistics Service for Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Численность населения Магаданская область по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2017 года