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Founded: 1953
Governor: Nikolay Nikolayevich Dudov (elected February 16, 2003)
Federation Council Representatives: Vyacheslav Ardavasovich Kalikyan (legislative, term expires May 2010); Vladimir Fedorovich Kulakov (executive, term expires February 2008)
Duma deputy: Stanislav Agafonovich Yeliseykin (Magadan district)(United Russia)
Population: 182,700 (2002 census)
Area: 461,400 square km (178,100 sq. miles)
Capital: Magadan (150,000), 7,110 km from Moscow
Federal district: Far Eastern
Economic region: Far East
Time zone: Moscow +8, GMT +11, EST +16
Geography: Magadan is located in the extreme northeastern part of Siberia and includes the Chukotka Autonomous District. It is situated on the Kolyma and Chutkotka uplands and the Anadyr Plateau. The Kolyma and Anadyr rivers flow through the region. Most of Magadan's soil is permafrost and tundra
Urban population: 92%, Rural population: 8%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Magadan has many gold, silver and coal reserves, so mining is a major industry. In addition, the region possesses the largest port in northeastern Russia, therefore shipping and fishing are also major industries. Magadan was the transfer point for prisoners headed to the Gulag, so it has developed some tourist industry around this history.
Polymetal Mining Holding intend to increase production in their plant at the Dukat deposit in Magadan by 50% (investment $40-$50 mln), to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Gold: The state mineral resources commission has returned calculations at the Natalkinskoye gold deposit, teh exploration license for which belongs to Rudnik Matrosova, incorporated into Polyus Gold. The commission ruled that B+C1+C2 reserves amounting to 1,500.8 metric tons of gold at a content of 12.7 g per metric ton be added to the explored reserves at the Natalkinskoye deposit. Polyus Gold's strategic Investment Plan envisages an investment of $1.5 bln with the commercial development of the deposit scheduled for 2012. After the project reaches design capacity, it should produce about 30 metric tons (1 mln oz) of gold annually.
Official website: http://www.magadan.ru
Contact information
Governor
Nikolay Nikolayevich Dudov
6 Ulitsa Gorkogo
Magadan 685000
Tel.: +7 (41322) 2 31 34
Fax: +7 (41322) 9 78 07
Email: postmast@regadm.magadan.ru
Chairman of Regional Duma
Stanislav Agafonovich Yeliseikin
8a Ulitsa Gorkogo
Magadan 685000
Tel.: +7 (41322) 2 31 00; 2 55 50
Fax: +7 (41322) 2 55 12
Representative to the Government of the Russian Federation
Yury Lvovich Gutin
19 Novy Arbat
Moscow 127025
Tel.: +7 (095) 203 78 28; 290 1132
Fax: +7 (095) 203 59 17
last updated August 23, 2005
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