Uwelski

settlement Uwelski Увельский Federal district Ural Oblast Chelyabinsk Rajon Uwelski Earlier names Nizhne-Uwelskoje (until 1934) Settlement since 1992 population 10,500 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 230  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35166 Post Code 457000-457001 License Plate 74, 174 OKATO 75 255 872 001 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 27 '  N , 61 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 26 '30 "  N , 61 ° 21' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Chelyabinsk Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Uwelski ( Russian Уве́льский ) is a rural settlement in the Chelyabinsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 10,500 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the southeastern foothills of the Urals , about 80 km as the crow flies south of the Oblast capital Chelyabinsk . The Uwelka , left tributary of the Ui , from whose name the place name was derived, flows about eight kilometers west through the city of Yuzhnouralsk . There are a number of smaller salt lakes in the vicinity of the settlement .

Uwelski is the administrative center of the Uwelski Rajon of the same name .

history

The place was founded as Nizhne-Uwelskoje (later also in the form Nizhne-Uwelsky ) towards the end of the 19th century in connection with the construction of the Chelyabinsk - Troitsk railway line in an area colonized by Russian Cossacks since the middle of the 18th century . It initially belonged to the western Stanitsa Nizhne-Uwelskaja in place of today's city of Yuzhnouralsk.

As part of an administrative reform, Staniza became the administrative center of a Rajon on May 24, 1924. In 1934 the administrative headquarters were moved to the meanwhile more important station settlement, which was renamed Uwelski . In 1944 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement , but lost it again in 1992.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3,016
1959	11,319
1970	10,536
1979	10.124
1989	9,756
2002	10,702
2010	10,500

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There are recreational facilities and sanatoriums at several salt lakes in the vicinity, especially in the direction of Chomutinino, 10 km to the northeast .

Economy and Infrastructure

To be Uwelski clays for the production of refractory materials , and foundry sand promoted. There are also companies in the food industry based on agriculture in the area.

The settlement is located on the double-track railway line Chelyabinsk - Troitsk - Qostanai ( Kazakhstan ) or -  Orsk (station name Nischneuwelskaya ; route km 70 from Poletajewo near Chelyabinsk) , which has been electrified on this section since 1966 . The M36 trunk road from Chelyabinsk to the Kazakh border near Troitsk runs between Uwelski and neighboring Yuzhnouralsk; A regional road that branches off here leads through the settlement to the eastern part of the 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)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Uwelski on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)

Web links

• Uvelsky Raion Administration website (Russian)