44°24′15″N 135°24′07″E / 44.40417°N 135.40194°E / 44.40417; 135.40194
Vysokogorsk (
Russian : Высокого́рск , lit. high mountain ) is a
rural locality (a
selo ) in
Kavalerovsky District of
Primorsky Krai ,
Russia , located in the
Sikhote-Alin Mountains, 30 kilometers (19 mi) northeast of the district's
administrative center of
Kavalerovo . Population: 293 (
2010 Russian census ) ;
[1] 474 (
2002 Census ) ;
[2] 888 (
1989 Soviet census ) .
[3]
History
Vysokogorsk was granted urban-type settlement status in 1956 and demoted in status to that of a rural locality in December 2011.
Economy
Tin mining is the main means of employment of the local population.
Transportation
The nearest railway station,
Varfolomeyevka , is situated in 165 kilometers (103 mi). Vysokogorsk is connected with Kavalerovo and
Dalnegorsk by an auto route.
References
^ 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 .
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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).
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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 .