Mga
Mga
Мга | |
|---|---|
The settlement in the winter | |
Location of Mga | |
| Coordinates: 59°45′N 31°04′E / 59.750°N 31.067°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Kirovsky District |
| Established | 1901 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1937 |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,212 |
| • Municipal district | Kirovsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Mginskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Mginskoye Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 187300 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81362 |
| OKTMO ID | 41625154051 |
Mga (Russian: Мга) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: 10,212 (2010 Census); 9,613 (2002 Census); 9,852 (1989 Soviet census).
The name is almost certainly derived from the identically named Mga River on which it lies (which in turn is probably of Finno-Ugric origin); the suggestion that it comes from the initials of the owner of the land in the 19th century, Maria Grigorievna Apraksin (a member of the same family for which the Apraksin Dvor in St. Petersburg is named), is extremely unlikely.