Neftekamsk

city Neftekamsk Нефтекамск ( Russian ) Нефтекама ( Bashkir ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Bashkortostan Urban district Neftekamsk head Ilyus Garifullin Founded 1957 City since 1963 surface 147  km² population 121,733 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 828 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34783 Post Code 452680-452699 License Plate 02, 102 OKATO 80 427 Website http://adm.neftekamsk.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 5 '  N , 54 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 5 '0 "  N , 54 ° 15' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bashkortostan

List of cities in Russia

Neftekamsk ( Russian Нефтека́мск , Tatar and Bashkir Нефтекама ) is a city with 121,733 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan .

location

Neftekamsk is located on the western foothills of the Ural Mountains in the northwestern part of Bashkortostan, near the borders with the Udmurt Republic and the Perm region . The Kama River flows near the city . The distance to the republic capital Ufa is about 220 km, the nearest city is Agidel, 30 km away .

history

Neftekamsk is a relatively young city: it was founded in 1957 with the development of an oil field . This gave the place its name: Neftekamsk literally means "oil city on the Kama".

In 1963 Neftekamsk received city status. In the 1960s and 1970s, further industrial objects were built in the place that allowed the city to grow. At the end of the 1980s, the population of Neftekamsk exceeded the city mark of 100,000 for the first time.

Neftekamsk forms an urban district to which, in addition to the city itself, the Energetik settlement (until 2005 briefly urban type ) and the villages of Amsja, Chmeljowka, Krym-Sarajevo, Marino, Tashkinowo and Tschischma with a total of 11,884 inhabitants belong. The total number of inhabitants of the urban district is thus 131,399 (as of 2010).

population

Population development

year	Residents
1959	2,946
1970	46,482
1979	69,586
1989	106,801
2002	122,290
2010	121,733
2013	123,540

Note: census data

Nationality

According to the 2010 census of Russia: Tatars - 31.5%, Russians - 29.7%, Bashkirs - 25.8%, Mari - 9.9%, other ethnicity - 3.1%.

economy

In Neftekamsk, the NefAZ truck and bus plant (main shareholder KAMAZ ) and a leather factory are among the largest employers. The extraction and processing of mineral oil, which is mainly operated by the regional Bashkir oil company Bashneft , also plays an important role in and around the city .

Others

Neftekamsk is home to the Toros ice hockey club, which was founded in 1988 .

sons and daughters of the town

• Denis Chismatullin (* 1984), Russian chess master
• Renata Chusina (* 1994), skeleton pilot
• Vladimir Jakuschew (* 1968), politician, governor of Tyumen Oblast
• Igor Muchametschin (* 1963), Russian admiral

Web links

• City website (Russian)
• Neftekamsk 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)