Petuchowo

city Petuchowo Petukhovo coat of arms Federal district Ural Oblast Kurgan Rajon Petuchowski Founded 1892 City since 1944 surface 41  km² population 11,292 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 275 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 135  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35235 Post Code 641640-641642 License Plate 45 OKATO 37 226 501 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 4 '  N , 67 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 4 '0 "  N , 67 ° 53' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kurgan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Petuchowo ( Russian Петухово ) is a city in Kurgan Oblast ( Russia ) with 11,292 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Petuchowo railway station

The city is located east of the Urals , in the southwest of the West Siberian lowlands , about 180 km east of the oblast capital Kurgan and only 10 km from the border with Kazakhstan . The climate is continental.

The city is the administrative center of the Petukhovo Rajons Petuchowski .

Petuchowo is located on the original West Siberian section of the Trans-Siberian Railway ( Chelyabinsk - Omsk ) , which was opened in October 1896, and on the M51 highway , part of the transcontinental road connection Moscow - Vladivostok , which bypasses the place to the north.

history

Petuchowo was established in 1892 as a railway construction workers' settlement when the section of the Trans-Siberian Railway opened four years later. The name refers to the family name Petuchow (from the Russian word петух / petuch for cock ). In 1899, Petuchowo was united with the village of Judino (Юдино), which has been known since 1779. In 1944 the place received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	9,332
1959	12,997
1970	12,125
1979	11,842
1989	14,584
2002	12,661
2010	11,292

Note: census data

economy

The largest company is a mechanical engineering company for railway equipment. There is also a food industry based on growing crops and livestock 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

Commons : Petuchowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Petuchowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)