Karymskoye

Russia / Chita / Karymskoye /
 town, district center
Urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Karymsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. Population: 13,037 (2010 Census).
Karymskoye was founded in 1761 by the baptized Tungus ("karym") Gantimurov family. After 1822, the settlement was subordinate to the Urulginskaya foreign council. Originally the village of Karymskoye was on the left bank of the Ingoda river. After the flood of 1897 the inhabitants moved to the railway station, built in 1897 on a high place. The village consisted of 4 short streets with 92 different kinds of buildings, including an elementary school, a resettlement center, several shops and a bathhouse. It has been the administrative center of the Karymsky district since 1926, and it received urban locality status in 1935.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karymskoye
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Coordinates:   51°37'46"N   114°19'43"E

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  • This is small town which is the center of the Karymskoye region.
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