# Amursk

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{{Short description|Town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
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|ru_name=Амурск
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|image_caption=Amursk (2015)
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|image_flag=Flag of Amursk (Khabarovsk kray).png
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|federal_subject=[Khabarovsk Krai](/source/Khabarovsk_Krai)
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'''Amursk''' ({{langx|ru|Аму́рск}}) is a [town](/source/types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) in [Khabarovsk Krai](/source/Khabarovsk_Krai), [Russia](/source/Russia), located on the left bank of the [Amur River](/source/Amur_River) {{convert|45|km|sp=us}} south of [Komsomolsk-on-Amur](/source/Komsomolsk-on-Amur). The population as of 2024 is 37,501 people.<ref name="rosstat.gov.ru">{{cite web |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A1hisl_MO_01-01-2024.xlsx |title=Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2024 года |website=rosstat.gov.ru |language=ru}}</ref>

==History==
It was founded as an [urban-type settlement](/source/urban-type_settlement) on June&nbsp;19, 1958,<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=20}}</ref> in connection with the construction of a [pulp mill](/source/pulp_mill) near the [Nanai](/source/Nani_people) settlement ''Padali''. Town status was granted to it in 1973.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/subdivisions_of_Russia), Amursk serves as the [administrative center](/source/administrative_center) of [Amursky District](/source/Amursky_District),<ref name="OKATO" /> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist" /> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''[town of krai significance](/source/city_of_federal_subject_significance) of Amursk'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [districts](/source/administrative_divisions_of_Khabarovsk_Krai).<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist" /> As a [municipal division](/source/subdivisions_of_Russia), Amursk is incorporated within Amursky Municipal District as '''Amursk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="KhabarovskK_mun1" />

==Demographics==
The population grew from 3,500 in 1959 to a high point of 58,395 inhabitants in 1989. Since the [dissolution of the Soviet Union](/source/dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union), the population trend reversed.

==Economy==
In addition to the cellulose and paper mill, there is chemical production and [timber](/source/timber) production conducted in and near the town, as well as some machinery production.

===Transportation===
There is a goods railway to the town, connecting to the [Khabarovsk](/source/Khabarovsk)-[Komsomolsk](/source/Komsomolsk-on-Amur)-[Dzemgi](/source/Dzemgi) line at the station of ''Mylki''. There is also a road connection to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kha|adm|list}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kha|mun|list1}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kha|mun|list3}}

==External links==
*[http://www.amursk.ru Official website of Amursk]
*[https://amursk.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Amursk] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Khabarovsk Krai}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Khabarovsk Krai
Category:Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Category:Populated places established in 1958
Category:1958 establishments in the Soviet Union

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