Zheshart
Urban-type settlement in Komi Republic, Russia
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Zheshart (Russian: Же́шарт; Komi: Зӧвсьӧрт, Zövśört) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Vymsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,561.[2]
Zheshart
Жешарт | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Komi | Зӧвсьӧрт |
Administration building in Zheshart | |
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 Interactive map of Zheshart | |
  Zheshart Location of Zheshart  Zheshart Zheshart (Komi Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 62°05′N 49°35′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic[1] |
| Administrative district | Ust-Vymsky District[1] |
| Urban-type settlement administrative territorySelsoviet | Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,561 |
| 6,876 (−19.7%) | |
| • Capital of | Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory[1] |
| • Municipal district | Ust-Vymsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Urban settlement | Zheshart Urban Settlement[4] |
| • Capital of | Zheshart Urban Settlement[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| Postal codes[6] | 169044, 169045 |
| OKTMO ID | 87644155051 |
| 2010 Census | 8,561[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 10,029[7] |
| 1989 Census | 12,674[8] |
| 1979 Census | 11,079[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Zheshart, together with one rural locality (the village of Rimya), is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky District as Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory (an administrative division of the district).[1] As a municipal division, Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky Municipal District as Zheshart Urban Settlement.[4]
Paleontology
Fossils of Early Triassic tetrapods were found near Zheshart. Two species of procolophonid Kapes, K. amaenus and K. komiensis (Macrophon komiensis), are known by skull fragments and part of upper jaw, respectively.[10] Temnospondyl amphibians Parotosuchus komiensis, Trematosaurus sp. and Batrachosuchoides ochevi are known from the Upper Olenekian deposits of Zheshart.[11]