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Coordinates: 53°39′N 52°08′E / 53.65, 52.133
Pokhvistnevo (Russian: Похвистнево) is a town and the administrative center of Pokhvistnevsky District of Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Kinel River (Samara's tributary), 159 kilometers (99 mi) north-east of Samara, Russia and only 5 kilometers (3 mi) from Orenburg Oblast. Population: 28,200 (2005 est.);[citation needed] 27,973 (2002 Census);[1] 27,843 (1989 Census).[2]
It was founded in 1888 as a settlement serving the construction of the Samara–Ufa railroad. A railroad station was built here in 1902–1904. Town status was granted in 1947.
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- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). 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) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ 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.
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