En Name: | Priargunsk |
Ru Name: | Приаргунск |
Coordinates: | 50.35°N 123°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Zabaykalsky Krai |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2012 |
Adm District Jur: | Priargunsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Priargunsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2009 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Priargunskoye Okrug |
Urban Okrug Jur Ref: | [2] |
Mun Admctr Of: | Priargunskoye Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 7,388 |
Date: | September 2013 |
Priargunsk (ru|Приаргунск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Priargunsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: .
Priargunsk is on the river Argun. It is located 595 km (by rail) to the south-east. from Chita.
Priargunsk has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), with warm, humid summers and severe winters.
It was founded in 1953. On March 30, 1962, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the working settlement of Tsurukhaitui was renamed and became the urban settlement of Priargunsk. An airport operated until the 1990s.[3]
There is a food factory, JSC Priargunsky Cheese Factory, LLC Agropromtrans, and trucking enterprises. There is district hospital, maternity hospital, and pharmacy.[3]