En Name: | Verkh-Usugli |
Ru Name: | Верх-Усугли |
Coordinates: | 52.6833°N 126°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Tungokochensky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Tungokochensky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Pop 2010Census: | 2624 |
Date: | April 2013 |
Verkh-Usugli (Russian: Верх-Усугли) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tungokochensky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population:
The village is about 320 km northeast of the regional capital Chita. It is on the bank of the Usugli River.[1]
The founding of the village is associated with the discovery in 1936 of the Usuglinsky fluorite deposit by S. K. Sobolev. In 1959-66, the Usugli mine was constructed. The capital of Tungokochensky District was moved to Verkh-Usugli from Tungokochen in 1976.[1]