Zhar () is a rural locality (a village) in Zhityovskoye Rural Settlement, Syamzhensky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 17 as of 2002.Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
Geography Zhar is located 28 km southeast of Syamzha (the district's administrative centre) by road. Staraya is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Жара до Сямжи
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