Neftekumsk

Federal district	North Caucasus
region	Stavropol
Rajon	Neftekumsk
mayor	Tatiana Swedova
Founded	1958
City since	1968
surface	8 km²
population	27,687 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	3461 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	40 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 86558
Post Code	35688x
License Plate	26, 126
OKATO	07 241 501
Website	adm.neftekumsk.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates	44 ° 45 ′ N , 45 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 45 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in the Stavropol Territory
	List of cities in Russia

Neftekumsk ( Russian Нефтекумск ) is a city in the Stavropol region ( Russia ) with 27,687 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern foothills of the Caucasus, about 300 km east of the regional capital Stavropol on the right bank of the Kuma .

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

The nearest railway station is located in 80 kilometers away Budyonnovsk .

history

Neftekumsk emerged from 1958 in connection with the development of the Stavropol oil and gas deposit discovered in 1953 . The name is derived from the name of the river and the Russian word neft for petroleum .

In 1962 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1968 the town charter .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1,700
1970	14,626
1979	20,248
1989	22.092
2002	27,395
2010	27,687

Note: census data (1959 rounded)

economy

In addition to the oil and gas production through to Rosneft belonging Stawropolneftegas there are companies in the food and textile industries.

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)

Web links

City administration website (Russian)
Neftekumsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

[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)


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