En Name: | Uyar |
Ru Name: | Уяр |
Coordinates: | 55.8267°N 94.3153°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Uyar (Uyarsky District, 2011).png |
Federal Subject: | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Uyarsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Uyar |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | District town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Uyarsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | district town of Uyar |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Uyarsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Uyar Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Uyarsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Uyar Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 12665 |
Established Date: | 1760 |
Established Title: | Known since |
Current Cat Date: | 1944 |
Prev Name1: | Klyukvennaya |
Website: | http://admuyar.ru/ |
Uyar (Russian: Уяр) is a town and the administrative center of Uyarsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Uyarka River (Yenisei's basin) 132km (82miles) east of Krasnoyarsk. Population:
It has been known to exist since 1760.[1] In the 19th century, the Trans-Siberian Railway was laid right through the settlement and a small railway station, known as Klyukvennaya (Russian: Клюквенная), was also built there. It was there that during the Russian Civil War the Polish 5th Rifle Division capitulated to the Bolsheviks in the course of the White Retreat from Siberia. Town status was granted in 1944.[1] The full name of the town, Uyarspasopreobrazhenskoye,[2] is rarely used.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Uyar serves as the administrative center of Uyarsky District.[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Uyarsky District as the district town of Uyar. As a municipal division, the district town of Uyar is incorporated within Uyarsky Municipal District as Uyar Urban Settlement.[4]