Syamzha
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Syamzha (Russian: 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: 3,950 (2010 Russian census);[2] 3,932 (2002 Census);[6] 3,928 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Syamzha
Сямжа | |
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Coordinates: 60°01′N 41°03′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
Administrative district | Syamzhensky District[1] |
Selsoviet | Syamzhensky Selsoviet[1] |
Founded | 1935 |
Population | |
• Total | 3,950 |
• Capital of | Syamzhensky District,[1] Syamzhensky Selsoviet[1] |
• Municipal district | Syamzhensky Municipal District[3] |
• Rural settlement | Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement[3] |
• Capital of | Syamzhensky Municipal District,[3] Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement[3] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4]) |
Postal code(s)[5] | |
OKTMO ID | 19640428101 |
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".[8][9]