Ochyor

Otschor (Russian Очёр ) is a city in the Perm region (Russia) with 14,238 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the foothills of the Middle Urals about 120 km west of the regional capital Perm river of the same Otschor, a right tributary of the Kama.

Otschor is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

Otschor arose in 1759 in connection with the establishment of an ironworks by the Stroganov family business in 1950 and received a city charter.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

Culture and sights

Otschor has a local history museum.

Economy

In Otschor there is a machine factory (Device for laying pipelines) and food industry. In Rajon crude oil is ( deposits Otschorskoje and Trawninskoje ).

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