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2016 kamchatka kamchatsky cape travel ust kamchatsk
Ust-Kamchatsk (Russian: Усть-Камча́тск) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Kamchatsky District of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the eastern shore of the Kamchatka Peninsula at the mouth of the Kamchatka River some 50 kilometers (31 mi) away from the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano and 522 kilometers (324 mi) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Population: 4,352 (2010 Census); 5,231 (2002 Census); 13,611 (1989 Census).
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- 2016 kamchatka kamchatsky cape travel ust kamchatsk
- kamchatka kamchatsky cape travel ust kamchatsk
- History
- Economy
- References
kamchatka kamchatsky cape travel ust kamchatsk
History
It was founded in 1731 as the settlement of Ust-Primorsky (Усть-Примо́рский) and was renamed Ust-Kamchatsk in 1890. In 2007, Ust-Kamchatsk was demoted in status from urban-type settlement to a rural locality.
Economy
There is a sea port, a fish-processing plant (FPP 66), a few woodworking factories, and Ust-Kamchatsk Airport (opened in 1937) in Ust-Kamchatsk.
