Novy Uoyan (Russian: Но́вый Уоя́н; Buryat: Шэнэ Уоян, Shene Uoian) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Severo-Baykalsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located in the basin of the Upper Angara River, 550 kilometers (340 mi) from Ulan-Ude, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,963.[2]

Novy Uoyan Новый Уоян
Urban-type settlement[1]
Novy Uoyan railway station
Location of Novy Uoyan
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Coordinates: 56°09′N 111°44′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Buryatia[1]
Administrative district	Severo-Baykalsky District[1]
Urban-type settlement	Novy Uoyan Urban-Type Settlement[1]
Founded	mid-1970s
Urban-type settlement status since	1976
Elevation	512 m (1,680 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	3,963
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	3,203 (−19.2%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Novy Uoyan Urban-Type Settlement
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Novy Uoyan Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Novy Uoyan Urban Settlement[5]
Time zone	UTC+8 (MSK+5 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	671732
OKTMO ID	81645156051

History

It was founded in the mid-1970s in conjunction with the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM), near the settlement of Uoyan on the left bank of the Upper Angara.^{[citation needed]} The railway station and the settlement were constructed by workers from the then Latvian SSR, as sections of the track were given patronage of Komsomol brigades from various parts of the Soviet Union. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1976.^{[citation needed]}

Regular traffic on the railway section between Severobaykalsk and Novaya Chara in northern Zabaykalsky Krai began in 1989. Completion of the BAM did not, however, bring the expected economic development, and with the economic crisis in the late 1980s, the population almost halved between 1989 and 2002.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Novy Uoyan is incorporated within Severo-Baykalsky District as Novy Uoyan Urban-Type Settlement[1] (an administrative division of the district).[11] As a municipal division, Novy Uoyan Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Severo-Baykalsky Municipal District as Novy Uoyan Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Novy Uoyan is an important station on the Baikal–Amur Mainline, which presents the only real economic activity. The BAM crosses the Upper Angara close to the settlement via a 350-meter-long (1,150 ft) bridge.

There are proposals to build a 700-to-800-kilometer-long (430 to 500 mi) connection between the BAM and the Trans-Siberian Railway through Buryatia, with a northern terminus at Novy Uoyan, beginning either at Novoilyinsky, or from Mogzon in Zabaykalsky Krai. This section would be mainly intended to service mining developments, such as the lead and zinc Ozyorninskoye mine, which could be reached from the south by 2012.[12]

References

Sources

• Правительство Республики Бурятия. Постановление №431 от 18 ноября 2009 г. «О реестре административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Бурятия», в ред. Постановления №573 от 13 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Постановление Правительства Республики Бурятия от 18.11.2009 №431 "О реестре административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Бурятия"». Вступил в силу 18 ноября 2009 г. Опубликован: "Бурятия", №216, Официальный вестник №120, 21 ноября 2009 г. (Government of the Republic of Buryatia. Resolution #431 of November 18, 2009 On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Buryatia, as amended by the Resolution #573 of November 13, 2015 On Amending Resolution #431 of November 18, 2009 of the Government of the Republic of Buryatia "On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Buryatia". Effective as of November 18, 2009.).
• Народный Хурал Республики Бурятия. Закон №985-III от 31 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ, образовании и наделении статусом муниципальных образований в Республике Бурятия», в ред. Закона №1411-V от 14 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Бурятия "Об установлении границ, образовании и наделении статусом муниципальных образований в Республике Бурятия"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Бурятия", №1, Официальный вестник №1, 12 января 2005 г. (People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia. Law #985-III of December 31, 2004 On Establishing the Borders, Creating, and Granting a Status to the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Buryatia, as amended by the Law #1411-V of October 14, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Buryatia "On Establishing the Borders, Creating, and Granting a Status to the Municipal Formations in the Republic of Buryatia". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Народный Хурал Республики Бурятия. Закон №2433-III от 10 сентября 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Бурятия», в ред. Закона №926-V от 12 марта 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Бурятия "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Бурятия"». Вступил в силу 23 сентября 2007 г. Опубликован: "Бурятия", №170, Официальный вестник №67, 13 сентября 2007 г. (People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia. Law #2433-III of September 10, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Buryatia, as amended by the Law #926-V of March 12, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Buryatia "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Buryatia". Effective as of September 23, 2007.).

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