Yuzhnouralsk is a city in the Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation. Chelyabinsk is 88 km from the property. It is located on the Uvelka river. Seven kilometers from it is located. D. Nizhneuvelskaya station, which is connected to the city via a railway branch, at the end of which there is a station Yuzhnouralsk. The population of Yuzhnouralsk is 37,801 people.
Yuzhnouralsk received the status of the city only in 1963. Before that, it was the village of Yuzhnouralsky. The city is 5 km long and 4.3 km wide. The area is 110, 6 square meters. 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 South Ural reservoir, and on the western outskirts of the Uy River flows.
The vegetation of urban surroundings is a forest of mixed composition - mainly from aspen, pine and birch.
The climate is quite continental, although it belongs to the category of temperate continental. Frosty and relatively little snowy winter is typical, with snowstorms and blowing snow. The soil freezes to a depth of 1.5 m, and in some years - 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 big diurnal fluctuations. After all, the maximum temperature here once reached even +42 ° C. In January, the average temperature is -15 ... -17 degrees. Precipitation is 436 mm per year. The absolute minimum is also extreme - -51.6 ° .
It is obvious that the severity and contrast of weather and climate do not have the best effect on the demographic situation in the city.
Transport and Economics
The main modes of transport in Yuzhnouralsk are buses and taxis. For intercity transportation, a bus station is used. The railway connection is currently not operational, but electric trains used to go to the city.
The economy of the city is based on industry and trade. The main industries are engineering and energy. There are also enterprises in the food, light, porcelain and ceramic industries. They also produce insulators and fittings. In total, 384 small enterprises and 11 large enterprises operate. A feature of trade is a large tableware market, designed for both retail and wholesale.
Population
In 2017, the population of the city of Yuzhnouralsk amounted to 37,801 people. This corresponds to 418th place among the cities of the Russian Federation. Population dynamics show rapid growth until the 1970s, slow growth until the mid-90s, and then an unstable state with a tendency to reduce the number of inhabitants. At the maximum, the population was 41,700. In recent years, the number of city residents has begun to increase slowly.
Such dynamics testifies that Yuzhnouralsk, unlike many other Russian cities, was able to survive the crisis of the 90s relatively painlessly, 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 people of working age. There were 7.2 thousand children.
The national composition of the population is dominated by Russians. There are 36,600 people in the city, which is 36 times more than Ukrainians. This situation may be due to the large remoteness of the city from the territory of Ukraine and other factors. In third place are the Tatars. There are 513 of them in Yuzhnouralsk. And on the fourth - Belarusians (305 people). This is followed by Mordovians (152 people). Another 888 people could not determine their nationality.
Jobs of the Employment Center of Yuzhnouralsk
The employment of the population is apparently not bad. According to the employment center of the city of Yuzhnouralsk, as of mid-2018, this settlement has a moderate number of vacancies, both full-time and part-time (but more often full-time). On some works, a shift schedule is provided. The city needs a lot of doctors. The remaining specialties, for the most part, are technical and work-oriented. Other types of vacancies are much less common.
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 specialties, payments are average, most often from 15 to 20 thousand rubles. Salaries from 12,838 rubles are often found, but no lower salaries were found. Compared to many other cities, the general situation with monetary allowances is pretty good here, which, perhaps, is 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 Blessed Virgin Mary is a rather new church, built in 2001 according to the plan of architect N. Akchurin.
- Monument to the border guards. This object is open to visitors 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 Bor. This natural site is 2 sparse boron. It is notable for the fact that valuable species of trees and herbs grow in it.
Thus, the population of Yuzhnouralsk in recent decades is quite stable, which is better than in many other cities of the Russian Federation. One of the most probable 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 a person to live. Also, the transport system is rather poorly developed.