Nartkala

Nartkala
Нарткала
Other transcription(s)
 • KabardianНарткъалэ
Nartkala
Nartkala
Interactive map of Nartkala
Nartkala is located in Russia
Nartkala
Nartkala
Location of Nartkala
Nartkala is located in Kabardino-Balkaria
Nartkala
Nartkala
Nartkala (Kabardino-Balkaria)
Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E / 43.550°N 43.850°E / 43.550; 43.850
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKabardino-Balkaria
Administrative districtUrvansky District
Founded1913
Town status since1955
Elevation
305 m (1,001 ft)
Population
 • Total
31,694
 • Estimate 
(2025)
33,119 (+4.5%)
 • Capital ofUrvansky District
 • Municipal districtUrvansky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementNartkala Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofUrvansky Municipal District, Nartkala Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
361330Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID83640101001
Websitewww.ur.adm-kbr.ru/index.php/g-p-nartkala

Nartkala (Russian: Нарткала́, IPA: [nərtkɐˈɫa]; Kabardian: Нарткъалэ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) northeast of Nalchik. Population: 31,694 (2010 census).

History

It was founded in 1913 as the railway station of Dokshukino (Russian: Докшу́кино, IPA: [dɐkˈʂukʲɪnə]); town status was granted to it in 1955. It was renamed Nartkala in 1967; the current name mean the city of the Narts (ancestors of various peoples of the Caucasus).[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nartkala serves as the administrative center of Urvansky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Nartkala is incorporated within Urvansky Municipal District as Nartkala Urban Settlement.

Demographics

Population: 31,694 (2010 census); 33,775 (2002 census); 28,171 (1989 Soviet census).

Ethnic composition

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #12-RZ
  2. 1 2 "General Information" (in Russian). Kabardino-Balkar Republic. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #13-RZ
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ↑ "Урванский район 2002".

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