Kumertau

city Kumertau Кумертау ( Russian ) Күмертау ( Bashkir ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Bashkortostan Urban district Kumertau head Boris Belyayev Founded 1947 City since 1953 surface 170  km² population 62,851 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 370 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 310  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34761 Post Code 45330x License Plate 02, 102 OKATO 80 423 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 46 '  N , 55 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 46 '0 "  N , 55 ° 47' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bashkortostan

List of cities in Russia

Kumertau ( Russian Кумертау , Bashkir Күмертау ) is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan ( Russia ) with 62,851 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the western edge of the Southern Urals , about 240 km south of the republic capital Ufa on the Karagaika River in the Kama river system .

Kumertau is surrounded by the territory of the Kujurgasinski Rajon , but does not belong to it, but is administratively directly subordinate to the oblast.

history

Kumertau was established in 1947 (according to other sources in 1948) with the start of the development of a nearby lignite deposit ; it was given the status of an urban-type settlement in 1949 and town charter in 1953.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	30,937
1970	44,403
1979	51,889
1989	64,260
2002	65.003
2010	62,851

Note: census data

Web links

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

• Brief description on the official website of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian)
• Kumertau on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)