Belaya Kalitva
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Coordinates: 48°10′30″N 40°47′22″E / 48.17500°N 40.78944°E
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Coat of arms of Belaya Kalitva
Belaya Kalitva (Russian: Бе́лая Кали́тва) is a town and the administrative center of Belokalitvinsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: 43,651 (2010 Census);[1] 47,347 (2002 Census);[2] 47,803 (1989 Census).[3]
History
It was founded in 1703.[4]
On May 9, 2013, a freight train carrying chemicals derailed near the town and crashed into a residential block; twenty-seven people were injured.[5]
External links
- (English) Pictures of Belaya Kalitva
References
- ↑ "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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ 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). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 39. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
- ↑ NBC News. Blast throws railcar into Russian residence, 13 taken to hospital.
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