Nizhnekamsk

Nizhnekamsk (English)
Нижнекамск (Russian)
Түбəн Кама (Tatar)
-  City[1]  -

Location of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia
Nizhnekamsk
Location of Nizhnekamsk in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 55°38′N 51°49′E / 55.633°N 51.817°E / 55.633; 51.817Coordinates: 55°38′N 51°49′E / 55.633°N 51.817°E / 55.633; 51.817
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of February 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Tatarstan[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk[1]
Administrative center of city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk,[1] Nizhnekamsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2008)
Municipal district Nizhnekamsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Nizhnekamsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Nizhnekamsky Municipal District,[2] Nizhnekamsk Urban Settlement[2]
Mayor Aydar Matshin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 234,044 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 82nd
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1961
Postal code(s)[5] 423570
Dialing code(s) +7 8555
Nizhnekamsk on Wikimedia Commons
1975 coat of arms of Nizhnekamsk

Nizhnekamsk (Russian: Нижнекамск; IPA: [nʲɪʐnʲɪˈkamsk]; Tatar: Cyrillic Түбән Кама, Latin Tübän Kama) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol. Population: 234,044 (2010 Census);[3] 225,399 (2002 Census);[6] 190,793 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1961 as the work settlement of Nizhnekamsky (Нижнекамский). As its population increased, spurred by the construction of Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical industrial complex, Nizhnekamsk was granted city status in 1966.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhnekamsk serves as the administrative center of Nizhnekamsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk is incorporated within Nizhnekamsky Municipal District as Nizhnekamsk Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

The city remains an important center of the petrochemical industry (Nizhnekamskneftekhim plant). It is served by the Begishevo Airport.

Demographics

Ethnic composition (as of 1989):

Sports

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk is an ice hockey team based in Nizhnekamsk, playing in the Kontinental Hockey League.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Order #01-02/9
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #31-ZRT
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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