Nurlat
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List of cities in Russia |
Nurlat ( Russian Нурлат ; Tatar Норлат Norlat ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 32,601 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The city is located about 270 km east of the republic capital Kazan on the right bank of the Kondurtscha , a right tributary of the Sok which flows into the Volga .
Nurlat is administratively directly subordinate to the republic and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .
The city is located on the Ulyanovsk - Tschischmy - Ufa railway, which opened in 1914 .
history
In the 19th century, the village of Nurlaty was known in place of the current town . From 1905 onwards, with the construction of the Simbirsk – Bugulma –Tschischmy ( Volga-Bugulma Railway ) railway line, which continued until 1914, a Nurlat station settlement was established .
The station settlement received urban-type settlement status in the 1930s and gradually grew together with the village. In 1961 town charter was granted.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1939 | 4,475 |
1959 | 12,726 |
1970 | 17,533 |
1979 | 18,552 |
1989 | 23,507 |
2002 | 32,527 |
2010 | 32,601 |
Note: census data
Culture and sights
In the village of Kulbajewo-Marassa (Nurlat district) the Gabdulla-Karijew Museum opened in 1988 , dedicated to the playwright, actor and co-founder of the Tatar national theater Gabdulla Karijew (1886-1920, actually Миңлебай Хәйрулла углugly ) Miulñla углы.
economy
The main economic factor is the oil production in the vicinity of the city by Tatneft ( Nurlatneft area ), TatRITEKneft and Kondurtschaneft . There is also a machine factory and companies in the construction and food industries (sugar factory, meat combine).
Web links
- Rajon and City Administration website (Russian)
- Nurlat on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
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)
- ↑ Gabdulla Karijew ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the server of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatar)