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Ekimchan
Экимчан | |
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Work settlement | |
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 Interactive map of Ekimchan | |
  Ekimchan Location of Ekimchan  Ekimchan Ekimchan (Amur Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 53°04′N 132°56′E / 53.067°N 132.933°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Selemdzhinsky District[1] |
| Founded | 1882 (Julian) |
| Elevation | 466 m (1,529 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,212 |
• Estimate (2025) | 712 (−41.3%) |
| • Capital of | Selemdzhinsky District[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 676560 |
| OKTMO ID | 10645151051 |
Ekimchan (Russian: Экимча́н) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Selemdzhinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Selemdzha River. Population: 1,212 (2010 census);[1] 1,224 (2002 census);[4] 1,832 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
Transportation
[edit]A local road leads west to Koboldo and Stoyba.
Ekimchan is served by the Ekimchan Airport.[6]
Climate
[edit]Ekimchan has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc) with dry and bitterly cold winters and warm, wet summers. Owing to its location on the cold eastern flank of the Siberian High, Ekimchan has an exceptionally cold climate for its latitude: winters are as much as 35 °C (63 °F) colder than Manchester at approximately the same latitude in the United Kingdom, and about as cold as Alert, Nunavut twenty-nine degrees of latitude further north. Winters are so severe that Ekimchan has never recorded an above-freezing temperature between 23 November[7] and 19 February[8] inclusive. Summers are short but warm, humid and sometimes extremely wet: as much as 407 millimetres or 16.02 inches of rain fell in the wettest month of August 1982, and 96.7 millimetres or 3.81 inches on the wettest day of 18 July, 1939.
The hottest temperature on record is 34.9 °C (94.8 °F) on 8 July of 2017, and the coldest −53.4 °C (−64.1 °F) on 11 January 1931. January 1931 was the coldest month, not getting above −25.3 °C (−13.5 °F) and averaging −39.3 °C (−38.7 °F), whilst July 2011 has been the hottest with an average of 20.3 °C (68.5 °F).
| Climate data for Ekimchan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −24.6 (−12.3) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −30.6 (−23.1) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−29.4 (−20.9) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −36.6 (−33.9) |
−32.7 (−26.9) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−23.7 (−10.7) |
−34.3 (−29.7) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −53.4 (−64.1) |
−50.0 (−58.0) |
−40.9 (−41.6) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−30.7 (−23.3) |
−43.2 (−45.8) |
−51.7 (−61.1) |
−53.4 (−64.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.0 (0.28) |
5.7 (0.22) |
11.4 (0.45) |
33.4 (1.31) |
63.3 (2.49) |
93.3 (3.67) |
140.8 (5.54) |
149.0 (5.87) |
90.4 (3.56) |
45.3 (1.78) |
24.8 (0.98) |
12.5 (0.49) |
676.9 (26.64) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 37 (15) |
41 (16) |
42 (17) |
18 (7.1) |
1 (0.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 (2.0) |
24 (9.4) |
32 (13) |
42 (17) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 151.7 |
| Average snowy days | 15 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 100 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78.3 | 75.4 | 71.3 | 66.7 | 65.2 | 71.2 | 76.7 | 82.4 | 81.6 | 81.5 | 84.3 | 79.8 | 76.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 137 | 177 | 217 | 200 | 216 | 231 | 223 | 179 | 137 | 128 | 107 | 101 | 2,053 |
| Source 1: climatebase.ru (1915–2012)[9] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: pogoda.ru.net (May to July record highs, snow)[10] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- ↑ "Ekimchan Airport". OurAirports. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Температура воздуха и осадки. Ноябрь 1951 г". Погода и климат. Погода в Экимчане (in Russian).
- ↑ "Температура воздуха и осадки. Февраль 1968 г". Погода и климат. Погода в Экимчане (in Russian).
- ↑ "Ekimchan, Russia". Climatebase.ru. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ "КЛИМАТ ЭКИМЧАНА". Погода и климат. Климат мира (in Russian).
Sources
[edit]- Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
- Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №25-ОЗ от 28 июня 2005 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Селемджинского района и муниципальных образований в его составе», в ред. Закона №33-ОЗ от 2 мая 2012 г. «О преобразовании рабочего посёлка (посёлка городского типа) Коболдо в сельский населённый пункт и внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Селемджинского района и муниципальных образований в его составе"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №138, 15 июля 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #25-OZ of June 28, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of and Granting a Corresponding Municipal Formation Status to Selemdzhinsky District and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises, as amended by the Law #33-OZ of May 2, 2012 On the Transformation of the Work Settlement (Urban-Type Settlement) of Koboldo into a Rural Locality and on Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of and Granting a Corresponding Municipal Formation Status to Selemdzhinsky District and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises". Effective as of the date of the first official publication.).