Zelenchukskaya
Zelenchukskaya (Russian: Зеленчу́кская; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук, Zelençuk) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia,[1] located on the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River. Population: 19,449 (2010 Census);[2] 21,025 (2002 Census);[3] 20,455 (1989 Census).[4] In terms of population, it is the most populous rural locality in the republic.[2]
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located to the south of the stanitsa.[5] In 2015, it detected signals that might have come from a possible advanced extraterrestrial civilization, which are now being investigated by SETI.[6]
History
The stanitsa was founded on May 1, 1859 and named after the river on which it stands.
Demographics
In 2002, the population included:[7]
Climate
Zelenchukskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with moderately warm and very humid summers and cold, dry winters.
| Climate data for Zelenchukskaya (Зеленчукская) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
1.7 (35.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17 (0.7) |
16 (0.6) |
31 (1.2) |
68 (2.7) |
102 (4.0) |
139 (5.5) |
111 (4.4) |
95 (3.7) |
65 (2.6) |
40 (1.6) |
28 (1.1) |
21 (0.8) |
733 (28.9) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 125 | 141 | 161 | 169 | 211 | 216 | 251 | 250 | 205 | 168 | 137 | 110 | 2,144 |
| Source: Climatebase.ru [8] | |||||||||||||
References
Notes
- Appendix to Law #84-RZ, Section I.2.3
- Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- Official website of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the RAN. Location map (in Russian)
- "Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space". MSN News.
- "Зеленчукский район 2002".
- "Climate of Zelenchukskaya". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
Sources
- Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №84-РЗ от 24 февраля 2004 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Карачаево-Черкесской Республики», в ред. Закона №34-РЗ от 5 июля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики в связи с изменением наименования должности высшего должностного лица Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №36-37 (16431), 28 февраля 2004 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Law #84-RZ of February 24, 2004 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, as amended by the Law #34-RZ of July 5, 2011 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic Due to the Change of the Title of the Top Executive Position of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Effective as of the official publication date.).