Sredneuralsk

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city
Sredneuralsk
Среднеуральск
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Federal district Ural
Oblast Sverdlovsk
Urban district Sredneuralsk
mayor Alexei Danilov
Founded 1931
City since 1966
surface 48  km²
population 20,449 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 426 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 270  m
Time zone UTC + 5
Telephone code (+7) 34368
Post Code 624070, 624071
License Plate 66, 96, 196
OKATO 65 420 505
Website www.sugres.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 56 ° 59 ′  N , 60 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  N , 60 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
Sredneuralsk (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Sredneuralsk (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
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Location in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Sredneuralsk ( Russian Среднеуральск ) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 20,449 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the eastern edge of the Middle Urals , about 25 km north of the Oblast capital Yekaterinburg on the eastern bank of Lake Issetskoye , from which the Isset flows in the Ob river system .

Sredneuralsk has been an independent urban district since the administrative reform in 2006 ; previously it was administratively subordinate to the city of Verkhnyaya Pyschma , located five kilometers to the east .

history

Sredneuralsk was established in 1931 in connection with the construction of the Sredneuralskaja GRES thermal power station ( Central Urals thermal power station ) and received city rights in 1966.

Population development

year Residents
1939 8,779
1959 13,106
1970 16,685
1979 17,613
1989 18,786
2002 19,555
2010 20,449

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In the vicinity of the city there are remarkable rock formations, such as Chortowo Gorodishche ( Devil's City ) and Sem bratjew ( Seven Brothers ).

economy

In addition to the city-building thermal power plant, which today belongs to the energy supplier OGK-5 , there are companies in the construction industry (metal and reinforced concrete structures) and the food industry.

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

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