Chumikan

Tschumikan (Russian Чумикан ) is a village ( selo ) in Khabarovsk (Russia) with 1147 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The village is located about 700 km as the crow north of the region administrative center of Khabarovsk on the Udabucht the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Immediately on the site Uda opens with a small delta in the sea.

Tschumikan is the administrative seat of the Rajons Tuguro - Tschumikanski as well as the seat of the rural community ( selskoje posselenije ) Selo Tschumikan to which also includes a 4 km upstream (southwest ), this village Neran.

History

The village founded in 1890 is one Rajons center since 1926.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Traffic

After Tschumikan a shipping route from Nikolaievsk leads on-Amur on the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Along the coast to Tugur and then inland to the south adjacent Rajonzentrum Selo imeni Poliny Ossipenko runs a winter slopes, from there on a dirt road to Berjosowy where over 500 km from Tschumikan away at the Baikal - Amur Mainline (BAM ), the closest station is located, and along the railway line to Komsomolsk -on-Amur.

In Neran is the small regional airport of Tschumikan ( ICAO code UHHY ).