Terek (city)

city Terek Терек ( Russian ) Тэрч ( Kabardian ) coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus republic Kabardino-Balkaria Rajon Terek Founded 1875 City since 1967 surface 37  km² population 19,170 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 518 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 250  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86632 Post Code 361200-361203 License Plate 07 OKATO 83 235 501 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 29 '  N , 44 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 29 '0 "  N , 44 ° 8' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kabardino-Balkaria

List of cities in Russia

Terek ( Russian Терек , Kabardian Тэрч / Tartsch ) is a city in the North Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia with 19,170 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus about 60 km east of the republic capital Nalchik on the right of the Terek river of the same name .

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

The city is located on the main line of the North Caucasus Railway ( Rostov-on-Don -) Prochladny - Vladikavkas ( Murtasowo station , distance kilometers 1970 from Moscow ), which was opened in 1875 and is now electrified .

history

In 1875, when the railway line to Vladikavkaz was being built, the small station settlement of Murtasowo was created . In 1920 the construction of an administrative center for the surrounding area, then called Little Kabardei ( Malaja Kabarda ), began here . The new settlement was named after the river, in 1945 urban-type settlement and in 1967 town charter.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4,485
1959	6,647
1979	12,335
1989	16,559
2002	20,255
2010	19,170

Note: census data

economy

The most important company in the city is a factory for diamond tools of Ural-Terek-Almas AG . There are also companies in the food industry (wine, canned food). In the vicinity of the city, wheat and fodder crops are grown and dairy cattle, sheep and horses are kept.

Web links

• Terek on the website mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)