Mga

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 Census).

Mga
Мга
The settlement in the winter
Location of Mga
Mga
Location of Mga
Mga
Mga (Leningrad Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°45′N 31°04′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLeningrad Oblast
Administrative districtKirovsky District
Established1901
Urban-type settlement status since1937
Population
  Total10,212
  Estimate 
(2018)
10,176 (−0.4%)
  Municipal districtKirovsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementMginskoye Urban Settlement
  Capital ofMginskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
187300
Dialing code(s)+7 81362
OKTMO ID41625154051

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.

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