Yuzhnouralsk: population, employment, national composition

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:45

Yuzhnouralsk is a city in the Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation. Chelyabinsk is 88 km away. It is located on the river Uvelka. Seven kilometers away is the railway station. e. station "Nizhneuvelskaya", which is connected to the city through a railway branch, at the end of which is st. Yuzhnouralsk. The population of Yuzhnouralsk is 37,801 people.

Yuzhnouralsk received city status only in 1963. Prior to that, it was the village of Yuzhnouralsky. The city is 5 km long and 4.3 km wide. The area is 110.6 sq. km.

Natural conditions

Yuzhnouralsk is located 90 km south of Chelyabinsk. It is located in the eastern part of the South Ural Mountains at an altitude of 238 meters. To the north of the city is the Yuzhnouralsk reservoir, and a tributary of the Uy River flows on the western outskirts.

The vegetation of the urban environs is a forest of mixed composition - mainly fromaspens, pines and birches.

The climate is quite continental, although it belongs to the temperate continental category. A frosty and relatively little snowy winter is typical, with blizzards and snow blowing. The soil freezes to a depth of 1.5 m, and in some years even much deeper.

Summer, on the contrary, is hot, but also dry. At the same time, the average July temperature is only +16 … +18 degrees. It's all about the big daily fluctuations. After all, the maximum temperature here once even reached +42 ° С. In January, the average temperature is -15 … -17 degrees. The amount of precipitation is 436 mm per year. The absolute minimum is also extreme - -51.6 °С.

Obviously, the severity and contrast of weather and climate do not have the best effect on the demographic situation in the city.

Transport and economy

The main modes of transport in Yuzhnouralsk are buses and taxis. For intercity transportation, the bus station is used. The railway connection is currently not operating, and in fact, electric trains used to go to the city.

The city's economy is based on industry and commerce. The main industries are engineering and energy. There are also enterprises of the food, light, porcelain and ceramic industries. They also produce insulators and fittings. In total there are 384 small enterprises and 11 large ones. A feature of trade is a large tableware market, designed for both retail and wholesale sales.

Population

In 2017, the populationthe city of Yuzhnouralsk amounted to 37,801 people. This corresponds to the 418th place among the cities of the Russian Federation. Population dynamics shows rapid growth until 1970, slow growth until the mid-90s, and then an unstable state with a tendency to reduce the number of inhabitants. At its maximum, the population was 41,700 people. In recent years, the number of residents of the city began to slowly increase.

Such dynamics indicates that Yuzhnouralsk, unlike many other Russian cities, was able to relatively painlessly survive the crisis of the 90s, and now its economy is gradually recovering.

Features of the population of Yuzhnouralsk

The population density in the city is 369 people per square kilometer. In 2010, there were 12,000 families and 24,600 persons of working age. There were 7, 2 thousand children.

The ethnic composition of the population is dominated by Russians. There are 36,600 of them in the city, which is 36 times more than Ukrainians. This situation may be due to the great remoteness of the city from the territory of Ukraine and other factors. In third place are the Tatars. There are only 513 of them in Yuzhnouralsk. And on the fourth - Belarusians (305 people). This is followed by the Mordovians (152 people). Another 888 people could not determine their nationality.

Vacancies of Yuzhnouralsk Employment Center

Employment seems to be good. According to the employment center of the city of Yuzhnouralsk, as of mid-2018, in this settlement there isa moderate number of vacancies, both full-time and part-time (but more often full-time). Some jobs have a shift schedule. The city needs a lot of doctors. The rest of the speci alties, for the most part, are technical and work-oriented. Other types of vacancies are much rarer.

Doctors have the highest salaries. Here their size is much higher than in many other cities of the Russian Federation. The range is from 40 to 80 thousand rubles, and only a nurse's salary is 2 times lower.

In technical speci alties, payments are average, most often from 15 to 20 thousand rubles. Often there are salaries from 12,838 rubles, but lower ones have not been found. Compared to many other cities, the overall situation with allowances here is quite good, which may be the reason for the stable demographic situation in this city.

Sights of the city of Yuzhnouralsk

There are few attractions in the city and they are of local importance:

• The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God is a fairly new church, built in 2001 according to the plan of the architect N. Akchurin.
• Monument to the border guards. This facility was opened to visitors quite recently - by the end of 2015. The monument is a green-red border post with a bas-relief on which a map of Russia is drawn.
• Kichiginsky forest. This natural object consists of 2 sparse pine forests. It is notable for the fact that valuable species of trees and herbs grow in it.

Thus, the population of Yuzhnouralsk has been quite stable in recent decades, which is better than in many other cities of the Russian Federation. One of the most likely reasons for this is the relatively favorable situation with employment and wages. At the same time, the climatic conditions in the city are not very comfortable for human habitation. The transport system is also rather poorly developed.