{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Syamzha |ru_name=Сямжа |image_skyline= |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|60|01|N|41|03|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa= |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Vologda Oblast |federal_subject_ref= |adm_district_jur=Syamzhensky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|19 240 828 002}}</ref> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Syamzhensky Selsoviet |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_ctr_of=Syamzhensky District,<ref name="OKATO" /> Syamzhensky Selsoviet |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |inhabloc_cat=Rural locality |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |inhabloc_type=''Selo'' |inhabloc_type_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |mun_district_jur=Syamzhensky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="Mun">Law #1122-OZ</ref> |rural_settlement_jur=Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement |rural_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="Mun" /> |mun_admctr_of=Syamzhensky Municipal District,<ref name="Mun" /> Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="Mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=3950 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date= |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes= |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Syamzha''' ({{langx|ru|Ся́мжа}}) is a rural locality (a ''selo'') and the administrative center of Syamzhensky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Syamzhena River, a tributary of the Kubena River. It also serves as the administrative center of Syamzhensky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=3,950|p2002=3,932|p1989=3,928}}
The name of Syamzha originates from the Syamzhena River, which, in turn, originates from Finnic languages and means "moss water" or "water from the swamp".<ref name="geo">{{cite web|url=http://www.igras.ru/index.php?r=125&id=4305|script-title=ru:Географические названия России - Сямжа|publisher=Институт географии РАН|language=Russian|accessdate=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://translate.academic.ru/sāma-/sa/ru/2/ | title=Перевод sāma- с санскрита на русский }}</ref>
==History== On July 15, 1929, Syamzhensky District with the center in the village of Yarygino was established and became a part of Vologda Okrug of Northern Krai. On August 5, 1931, the district was abolished, and on January 25, 1935 it was reestablished.<ref name="vologda">{{cite web|url=http://portal.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml|script-title=ru:Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917-1991)|publisher=Архивы России|language=Russian|accessdate=August 25, 2011}}</ref> The district center was established in the village of Dyakovskaya. In the same year, the ''selo'' of Syamzha was established by merging several villages at the crossing of the Syamzhena River by the highway connecting Vologda and Arkhangelsk.<ref name="geo"/> In 1953, the district center was transferred to Syamzha.<ref name="volenc">{{cite book|last=Перевозчикова|first=Ю.Б.|script-title=ru:Вологодская энциклопедия|url=http://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/sud/ako/vsk/aya/2.pdf|page=465|editor=Г. В. Судаков|accessdate=October 14, 2011|year=2006|publisher=ВГПУ, Русь|location=Вологда|language=Russian|isbn=5-87822-305-8}}</ref>
==Economy== ===Industry=== The economy of Syamzha is dominated by timber industry, which produces 82% of all goods in the district. There is also a butter factory.<ref name="geo"/>
===Transportation=== One of the principal highways in Russia, M8, which connects Moscow and Arkhangelsk, crosses Syamzhensky district from the south to the north, passing through Syamzha. There are also local roads, with the bus traffic originating from Syamzha.
==Culture and recreation== In 2006, the Syamzhensky District Museum was opened in Syamzha. It displays archaeologic, ethnographic, and local interest collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syamzha-ar.vologda.ru/PagePlan.html|script-title=ru:Культура|publisher=Администрация Сямженского муниципального района|language=Russian|accessdate=15 October 2011}}</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|mun|list|syamzhensky}}
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