Baley
Балей
Town[1]
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Baley is located in Russia
Baley
Baley
Location of Baley
Baley is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Baley
Baley
Baley (Zabaykalsky Krai)
Coordinates: 51°36′N 116°38′E / 51.600°N 116.633°E / 51.600; 116.633
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative districtBaleysky District[1]
Founded1736Edit this on Wikidata
Town status since1938[2]
Elevation
620 m (2,030 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total12,533
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
11,151 (−11%)
 • Capital ofBaleysky District[1]
 • Municipal districtBaleysky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementBaley Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofBaleysky Municipal District,[6] Baley Urban Settlement[7]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
Postal code(s)[9]
673450, 673451, 673453, 673454
Dialing code(s)+7 30232
OKTMO ID76606101001

Baley (Russian: Балей) is a town and the administrative center of Baleysky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Unda River (Amur's basin), 350 kilometers (220 mi) east of Chita, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 12,533 (2010 Census);[3] 14,797 (2002 Census);[10] 23,898 (1989 Census).[11]

History

Baley was granted town status and received its name in 1938, when the gold mining settlement of Novotroitsk was transformed.[2]

The Baleylag prison camp of the gulag was constructed here to house prisoners used as slave labor for mining the Tasseyevskoye gold deposits discovered in 1947.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baley serves as the administrative center of Baleysky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Baley is incorporated within Baleysky Municipal District as Baley Urban Settlement.[5]

Economy

The town's economy remains reliant on gold mining, with numerous shafts, an open-cut mine, and processing facilities. Since 2004, exploitation of the gold deposits has been under the control of Canada company Barrick Gold.

Transportation

The town is served by the Baley Airport.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of Zabaykalsky Krai
  2. ^ a b c Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 36. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #317-ZZK
  6. ^ Law #316-ZZK
  7. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 76 606 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 76 606 101. ).
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ^ 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.

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