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Coordinates: 55°04′N 67°53′E / 55.067, 67.883
Petukhovo (Russian: Петухо́во) is a town in and the administrative center of Petukhovsky District of Kurgan Oblast, Russia, situated on the Ishim Plain some 180 kilometers (112 mi) south-east of Kurgan. Population: 12,100 (2005 est.); 12,661 (2002 Census);[1] 14,584 (1989 Census).[2]
Petukhovo was founded in 1892 as a settlement around a railway station of the Trans-Siberian Railway. In 1899, Petukhovo merged with the nearby village of Yudino. In 1944, it was granted town status.
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- ^ 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.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
