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Kurumkan (russian: Курумка́н;
Buryat and mn, Хурамхаан, ''Khuramkhaan'') is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Kurumkansky District
Kurumkansky District (russian: Курумка́нский райо́н; bua, Хурамхаанай аймаг, ''Khuramkhaanai aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the ...
of the
Republic of Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located from
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...
. Population:
Etymology
The name "Kurumkan" comes from the
Evenk language
Evenki (Ewenkī), formerly known as Tungus or Solon, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given ...
and means ''a stone river''.
Geography
Kurumkan is located by the
Barguzin River
The Barguzin (russian: Баргузи́н; bua, Баргажан, Bargajan) is a river in Buryatia, Russia, long, flowing into the Barguzin Bay of Lake Baikal, the largest and deepest bay of Baikal. Barguzin is the third (by the flow amount) in ...
, with the
Barguzin Range
Barguzin Range (russian: Баргузинский хребет) is a range in Buryatia, Russia along the northeastern shore of Baikal.
Its length is 280 km, height up to 2,840 m. It is mostly covered by larch taiga. The range bounds the Barg ...
rising to the west.
Расстояние от Майского до Курумкана
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Transportation
There is a bus that runs twice a day between Ulan-Ude and Kurumkan.
References
Rural localities in Kurumkansky District
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