Ochyor (town)
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| Ochyor (English) Очёр (Russian) |
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| Administrative status | |
| Federal subject In jurisdiction of Administrative center of |
Perm Krai Perm Krai |
| Local self-government | |
| Charter | |
| Municipal status | Urban okrug |
| City Head | Leonid Mokrushin |
| Legislative body | |
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| Area | n/a |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
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15,563 inhabitants n/a |
| Events | |
| Founded | 1759 |
| Town status | 1950 |
| Other information | |
| Postal code | 617140 |
| Dialing code | +7 34278 |
| Official website | |
| http://ochior.ru/ | |
For other uses, see Ochyor.
Ochyor (Russian: Очёр), or Ocher, is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Ochyor River (Kama's tributary) 120 km west of Perm. Population: 15,563 (2002 Census); 16,352 (1989 Census).
Founded in 1759; town status since 1950.
Near Ochyor, a number of important discoveries of Permian fossil reptiles (especially Therapsids) have been made, beginning in 1952.
[edit] References
- Chudinov, P. K. 1965, "New Facts about the Fauna of the Upper Permian of the USSR", Journal of Geology, 73:117-30
- Olsen, E. C., 1962, Late Permian terrestrial vertebrates, USA and USSR Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series, 52: 1–224.
- Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas H. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993
[edit] External links
official site of Administration
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