Nartkala

For other uses of "Nartkala", see Nartkala (disambiguation).
Nartkala (English)
Нарткала (Russian)
Нарткъалэ (Kabardian)
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Location of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic in Russia
Nartkala
Location of Nartkala in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E / 43.550°N 43.850°E / 43.550; 43.850Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E / 43.550°N 43.850°E / 43.550; 43.850
Administrative status (as of November 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Administrative district Urvansky District[1]
Administrative center of Urvansky District[1]
Municipal status (as of January 2011)
Municipal district Urvansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Nartkala Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Urvansky Municipal District,[2] Nartkala Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 31,694 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1913
Town status since 1955
Previous names Dokshukino (until 1967)
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Nartkala (Russian: Нарткала; Kabardian: Нарткъалэ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) northeast of Nalchik. Population: 31,694 (2010 Census).[3]

History

It was founded in 1913 as the railway station of Dokshukino (Докшукино); town status was granted to it in 1955. It was renamed Nartkala in 1967; the current name mean the city of the Narts (ancestors of various peoples of the Caucasus).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nartkala serves as the administrative center of Urvansky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Nartkala is incorporated within Urvansky Municipal District as Nartkala Urban Settlement.[2]

Demographics

Population: 31,694 (2010 Census);[3] 33,775 (2002 Census);[5] 28,171 (1989 Census).[6]

Ethnic composition

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:[7]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #12-RZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #13-RZ
  3. 1 2 3 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. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/urvan02.html

Sources

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