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Kurumkan Курумкан
Settlement
The Barguzin Range rising above Kurumkan
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Coordinates: 54°19′N 110°19′E / 54.317°N 110.317°E / 54.317; 110.317^[1]
Country	Russia
Region	Republic of Buryatia
District	Kurumkansky District
Time zone	UTC+8:00

One of the streets in Kurumkan, Kurumkansky district, Buryatia

Kurumkan (Russian: Курумка́н; Buryat and Mongolian: Хурамхаан, Khuramkhaan) is a rural locality (aselo) and the administrative centerofKurumkansky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located 413 kilometers (257 mi) from Ulan-Ude. Population: 5,465 (2010 Russian census);^[2] 5,957 (2002 Census);^[3] 6,687 (1989 Soviet census).^[4]

Etymology[edit]

The name "Kurumkan" comes from the Evenk language and means a stone river.

Kurumkan is located by the Barguzin River, with the Barguzin Range rising to the west.^[5]

There is a bus that runs twice a day between Ulan-Ude and Kurumkan.

^ 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.

^ 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.

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