Poworino

city Poworino Поворино flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Voronezh Rajon Poworino Founded 1870 City since 1954 surface 18  km² population 17,692 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 983 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 115  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47376 Post Code 397350-397355 License Plate 36, 136 OKATO 20 239 501 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 12 ′  N , 42 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 42 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Voronezh Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Poworino ( Russian Поворино ) is a city with 17,692 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and Rajon administrative center in the eastern part of Voronezh Oblast in Russia .

geography

Poworino is located in the southern Oka-Don plain 220 km southeast of the regional capital Voronezh and a few kilometers north of the administrative border between Voronezh Oblast and Volgograd Oblast . The closest cities are Borisoglebsk (21 km northwest of Poworino), Novochopjorsk (45 km west) and Urjupinsk (in Volgograd Oblast, 47 km south).

history

The city emerged with the construction of the station of the same name on the Lipetsk - Tsaritsyn line, completed in 1870, and initially existed as a station settlement. With the construction of two more railway lines, which lead from here, Poworino gained importance as a transport hub and finally received city rights in 1954.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,817
1959	19,274
1970	20,591
1979	19,624
1989	19,450
2002	18,342
2010	17,692

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Poworino is the center of an agricultural district and therefore primarily has the food industry. As the hub of several railways, it has railway workshops and other rail-related operations. Several roads also intersect here, including the R22 trunk road on the section between Tambov and Volgograd , which is part of the European route E119 from Moscow to Astara in Azerbaijan.

See also

• List of cities in Voronezh Oblast

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

• Poworino on mojgorod.ru (Russian)