Usinsk

For the airport, see Usinsk Airport.
Usinsk (English)
Усинск (Russian)
Ускар (Komi)
-  Town[1]  -

Aerial view of Usinsk

Location of the Komi Republic in Russia
Usinsk
Location of Usinsk in the Komi Republic
Coordinates: 66°00′N 57°32′E / 66.000°N 57.533°ECoordinates: 66°00′N 57°32′E / 66.000°N 57.533°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Komi Republic[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Usinsk[1]
Administrative center of town of republic significance of Usinsk[1]
Municipal status (as of February 2012)
Urban okrug Usinsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Usinsk Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor Alexander Tyan
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 40,827 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1966
Town status since 1984
Postal code(s)[5] 169710, 169711, 169712
Dialing code(s) +7 82144
Official website
Usinsk on WikiCommons

Usinsk (Russian: Усинск; Komi: Ускар, Uskar) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 757 kilometers (470 mi) east of the republic's capital city of Syktyvkar and 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of the town of Pechora, on the northern bank of the Usa River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population: 40,827 (2010 Census);[3] 45,358 (2002 Census);[6] 47,219 (1989 Census).[7]

History

Usinsk was founded in 1966 as a settlement at the newly discovered deposits of petroleum in the north of the Komi Republic. Town status was granted to it in 1984.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Parma and eighteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Usinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Usinsk is incorporated as Usinsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

The town is the center for the production of oil and gas in the Komi Republic. Three quarters of all the oil produced in the republic comes from the fields in the territory around Usinsk. In 1980, the town was connected to the Pechora Railway by a 108-kilometer (67 mi) long sidetrack.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #16-RZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #11-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. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  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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