Syamzha

Syamzha
Сямжа
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Syamzha
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Syamzha
Syamzha (Vologda Oblast)
Coordinates: 60°01′N 41°03′E / 60.017°N 41.050°E / 60.017; 41.050
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVologda Oblast
Administrative districtSyamzhensky District
SelsovietSyamzhensky Selsoviet
Founded1935
Population
 • Total
3,950
 • Estimate 
(2021)
3,967 (+0.4%)
 • Capital ofSyamzhensky District, Syamzhensky Selsoviet
 • Municipal districtSyamzhensky Municipal District
 • Rural settlementSyamzhenskoye Rural Settlement
 • Capital ofSyamzhensky Municipal District, Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code
162220
OKTMO ID19640428101

Syamzha (Russian: Ся́мжа) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Syamzhensky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Syamzhena River, a tributary of the Kubena River. It also serves as the administrative center of Syamzhensky Selsoviet, one of the ten selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Syamzhenskoye Rural Settlement. Population: 3,950 (2010 census); 3,932 (2002 census); 3,928 (1989 Soviet census).

The name of Syamzha originates from the Syamzhena River, which, in turn, originates from Finnic languages and means "moss water" or "water from the swamp".