Kurtamysh

city Kurtamysh Куртамыш flag coat of arms Federal district Ural Oblast Kurgan Rajon Kurtamyschski Founded 1745 City since 1956 surface 97  km² population 17,099 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 176 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35249 Post Code 641430-641432 License Plate 45 OKATO 37 216 501 Website www.kurtamysh.com Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 54 '  N , 64 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 54 '0 "  N , 64 ° 26' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kurgan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kurtamysch ( Russian Куртамыш ) is a city in the Kurgan Oblast ( Russia ) with 17,099 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located east of the Urals , in the southwest of the West Siberian lowlands , about 80 km southwest of the Oblast capital Kurgan on Kurtamysch , a left tributary of the Tobol . The climate is continental.

The city is the administrative center of the Kurtamysh Rajons Kurtamyschski .

history

Kurtamysch was built in 1745 as a fortified settlement on the river of the same name. In 1762 the place was already mentioned as Kurtamyschskaja sloboda (Куртамышская слобода; sloboda denotes a trading settlement ). The name probably has its origin in a Turkic personal name. In 1956 the place received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,601
1959	12,330
1970	16,340
1979	17.191
1989	19,155
2002	18,154
2010	17,099

Note: census data

Culture, education and sights

In Kurtamysh there is a local history museum named after Nikolai Tomin (1886–1924), a commander of the Red Army who was born nearby during the Russian Civil War .

economy

There are construction industries as well as light and food industries in the village. Agriculture (especially wheat, sheep, cattle) is practiced in the area.

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

• City website (Russian)
• Kurtamysch on mojgorod.ru (Russian)