Kaltan

city Kaltan Калтан coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Urban district Kaltan Founded 1946 City since 1959 surface 32  km² population 21,892 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 684 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 230  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38471 Post Code 652740, 652741 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 415 Website Kaltan.net Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 31 '  N , 87 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '0 "  N , 87 ° 17' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kaltan ( Russian Калтан ) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 21,892 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the southern part of the Kuzbass , 40 km southeast of Novokuznetsk on the Kondoma River , a left tributary of the Tom . The climate is continental.

The city of Kaltan is administratively directly subordinate to the oblast.

Kaltan is located on the railway line opened on this section in 1936 and the Novokuznetsk - Tashtagol road .

history

Kaltan emerged in 1946 from a Shoric settlement in connection with the construction of the South Kuzbass thermal power station . In 1950 the place received the status of urban-type settlement . In 1959 city rights were granted. Before the city was placed under direct administration of the Oblast in 1993, however, it was subordinate to the administration of the city of Ossinniki .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	26,627
1970	27,951
1979	24,955
1989	25,369
2002	25,951
2010	21,892

Note: census data

economy

In addition to hard coal mining for the South Kuzbass thermal power plant located here (Южно-Кузбасская ГРЭС / Yuzhno-Kuzbasskaja GRES) there are mechanical engineering and wood and building materials industries.

sons and daughters of the town

• Raissa Smechnowa (* 1950), Russian medium and long-distance runner
• Alexander Golovin (* 1996), Russian football player

See also

• List of cities in Kemerovo Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Kaltan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Kaltan on mojgorod.ru (Russian)