Baksan (town)

For other places with the same name, see Baksan (inhabited locality).
Baksan (English)
Баксан (Russian)
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Location of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic in Russia
Baksan
Location of Baksan in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°40′57″N 43°32′02″E / 43.68250°N 43.53389°ECoordinates: 43°40′57″N 43°32′02″E / 43.68250°N 43.53389°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Baksan[1]
Administrative center of Baksansky District,[1] town of republic significance of Baksan[1]
Municipal status (as of January 2011)
Urban okrug Baksan Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Baksansky Municipal District,[2] Baksan Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 36,860 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1822
Town status since 1967[5]
Official website
Baksan on WikiCommons

Baksan (Russian: Бакса́н) is a town in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) northwest of Nalchik on the left bank of the Baksan River (Terek's basin). Population: 36,860 (2010 Census);[3] 35,805 (2002 Census);[6] 28,767 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1822 as a Russian military settlement. In the 1860s, the Kabarda settlement of Kuchmazukino was founded to the east of Baksan; it was renamed Staraya Krepost in 1920. In 1891, to the west of the settlement, the selo of Baksan was founded. Baksan and Staraya Krepost were merged in 1960. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965; town status was granted in 1967.[5]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksan serves as the administrative center of Baksansky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Baksan—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated as Baksan Urban Okrug.[2]

Demographics

In 2002, population included:[8]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Law #12-RZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #13-RZ
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 33. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  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.
  8. ↑ http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/baksan02.html

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