Kowdor

Federal district	Northwest Russia
Oblast	Murmansk
Urban district	Kowdor
mayor	Oleg Mogurenko
Founded	1953
City since	1965
surface	8 km²
population	21,297 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	2662 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	240 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 81535
Post Code	184141-184144
License Plate	51
OKATO	47 203
Website	www.kovadm.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 34 ′ N , 30 ° 28 ′ E Coordinates: 67 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Murmansk Oblast
	List of cities in Russia

Kowdor ( Russian Ковдор ) is a city in the Murmansk Oblast ( Russia ) with 21,297 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city lies beyond the Arctic Circle near the Finnish border, about 370 km southwest of the Oblast capital Murmansk on the upper reaches of the Kowdora River in the catchment area of Lake Imandra .

Kovdor is the administrative center of the city district Rajon kovdor .

history

Open pit mine in Kowdor

In 1933 an iron ore deposit and carbonatites were discovered in the area of today's city . First, the mining of mica began in 1934 .

After an interruption in mining activities due to the Second World War , the Kowdor settlement was established in 1953 in connection with the large-scale development of the iron ore deposit and the construction of an enrichment factory. The name was derived from the name of the lake Kowdorosero (also Kowtosero or Koftosero , probably from sami kuwt for snake ).

In 1956 the status of an urban-type settlement and on September 20, 1965 the city charter was granted.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	5,358
1970	12,387
1979	23,211
1989	30,478
2002	20,867
2010	21,297

Note: census data

economy

Cityscape determining factor is the mining of iron ore in the open pit and its enrichment by the company Kowdorski GOK (owned by EuroChem - Group ). Apatite and vermiculite are mined as by-products to a lesser extent . There is also timber industry.

traffic

The city is the end of a 117 km long railway line that branches off the Murman Railway at Pinosero station . It was opened in 1956.

Web links

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

City district website (Russian)
Kowdor on the Oblast Administration website (Russian)
Kowdor on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^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)
↑ Н. П. Лагутина, Т. Ю. Набокова, Т. П. Филатова: Атлас Железные Дороги. Omsk 2010, p. 6.

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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)

[2] Н. П. Лагутина, Т. Ю. Набокова, Т. П. Филатова: Атлас Железные Дороги. Omsk 2010, p. 6.


Cities	Apatity ^S \| Gadschijewo ^G \| Kandalaksha ^R \| Kirovsk ^S \| Kola ^R \| Kowdor ^S \| Montchegorsk ^S \| Murmansk ^S \| Olenegorsk ^S \| Ostrownoi ^{S / G} \| Polyarny ^G \| Polyarnye Sori ^S \| Saozjorsk ^{S / G} \| Sapolyarny \| Severomorsk ^{S / G} \| Snezhnogorsk ^{S / G}
Urban-type settlements	Kildinstroi \| Molochny \| Murmaschi \| Nikel ^R \| Pechenga \| Rewda \| Safonowo ^G \| Zelenoborsky \| Tumanny \| Umba ^R \| Werkovulomsky \| Vysoki
Further administrative offices	Lowosero ^R \| Widjajewo ^{S / G}