Narimanov

city Narimanov Нариманов Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Astrakhan Rajon Narimanov head Alexander Yarovoi Earlier names Nizhnevolschskoje (until 1967) Nizhnevolschsk (until 1984) City since 1984 surface 27  km² population 11,521 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 427 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m below sea level Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 85171 Post Code 416111 License Plate 30th OKATO 12 240 501 Website narimanov.astrobl.ru Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 41 ′  N , 47 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 47 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Astrakhan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Narimanow ( Russian Нариманов ) is a city in the Astrakhan Oblast ( Russia ) with 11,521 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Caspian Depression about 50 km northwest of the oblast capital Astrakhan on the right bank of the Volga .

Narimanow is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The city is located on the Volgograd –Astrakhan road.

history

The village of Nizhnevolschskoje was created in connection with the construction of a barrage through the main arm of the Volga with a bypass canal and locks about two kilometers upstream. The place received in 1967 as Nizhnevolschsk the status of an urban-type settlement (from Russian Nizhnyaya Volga for Lower Volga ); the construction of the barrage was completed in 1976.

From 1979 a large shipyard was built below the place, and on October 19, 1984 the place was given city rights under its current name, after the Azerbaijani writer and communist politician Nəriman Nərimanov (Russian Narimanow , 1870-1925).

Population development

year	Residents
1979	3,419
1989	11,084
2002	11.202
2010	11,521

Note : census data

economy

The town-building company is the Lotos shipyard , which u. a. Manufactures drilling platforms . There is an oil terminal on the Volga , as well as construction and light industries.

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

• Rajon and City Administration website (Russian)
• Narimanow on mojgorod.ru (Russian)