Svetlograd

Svetlograd (English)
Светлоград (Russian)
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Location of Stavropol Krai in Russia
Svetlograd
Location of Svetlograd in Stavropol Krai
Coordinates: 45°21′N 42°51′E / 45.350°N 42.850°ECoordinates: 45°21′N 42°51′E / 45.350°N 42.850°E
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Administrative status (as of July 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Stavropol Krai[1]
Administrative district Petrovsky District[1]
Town Svetlograd
Administrative center of Petrovsky District,[1] Town of Svetlograd
Municipal status (as of July 2011)
Municipal district Petrovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Svetlograd Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Petrovsky Municipal District,[3] Svetlograd Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 38,520 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Founded 1750
Town status since 1965
Previous names Petrovskoye (until 1965)
Official website
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Svetlograd (Russian: Светлогра́д) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the Kalaus River, 85 kilometers (53 mi) northeast of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 38,520(2010 Census);[4] 39,370(2002 Census);[6] 37,213(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1750 as the village of Petrovskoye (Петро́вское). It was granted town status and renamed Svetlograd in 1965.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Svetlograd serves as the administrative center of Petrovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Petrovsky District as the Town of Svetlograd. As a municipal division, the Town of Svetlograd is incorporated within Petrovsky Municipal District as Svetlograd Urban Settlement.[2]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Svetlograd is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Resolution #63-p
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #50
  3. Law #88-kz
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. 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.).
  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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