Kansk

Kansk (in English)
Канск (Russian)
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Welcome sign at the entrance to Kansk

Location of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia
Kansk
Location of Kansk in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 56°12′N 95°43′E / 56.200°N 95.717°E / 56.200; 95.717Coordinates: 56°12′N 95°43′E / 56.200°N 95.717°E / 56.200; 95.717
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status (as of April 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to krai town of Kansk[1]
Administrative center of krai town of Kansk,[1] Kansky District[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2004)
Urban okrug Kansk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kansk Urban Okrug,[2] Kansky Municipal District[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 94,226 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2010 182nd
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[5]
Founded 1628
Town status since 1782
Postal code(s)[6] 660861, 663600–663602, 663604–663606, 663609, 663610, 663612–663615, 663619
Dialing code(s) +7 39161
Official website
Kansk on Wikimedia Commons

Kansk (Russian: Канск) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kan River. Population: 94,226 (2010 Census);[4] 103,000 (2002 Census);[7] 109,607 (1989 Census).[8]

History and economy

Founded in 1628 as a Russian fort, it was transferred to its current location in 1636 and granted town status in 1782. The town is a center of the Kansk-Achinsk lignite basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the Soviet Union. It also has cotton, timber, hydrolysis, and food industries.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kansk serves as the administrative center of Kansky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the krai town of Kansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the krai town of Kansk is incorporated as Kansk Urban Okrug.[2]

Miscellaneous

The town is home to the Kansk air base and is crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #10-4765
  2. 1 2 3 Law #12-2372
  3. ↑ Law #13-3015
  4. 1 2 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 №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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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