Kovdor

Coordinates: 67°33′34″N 30°28′00″E / 67.55944°N 30.46667°E / 67.55944; 30.46667
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Kovdor
Ковдор
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Kovdor is located in Russia
Kovdor
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Kovdor is located in Murmansk Oblast
Kovdor
Kovdor
Kovdor (Murmansk Oblast)
Coordinates: 67°33′34″N 30°28′00″E / 67.55944°N 30.46667°E / 67.55944; 30.46667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast
Administrative districtKovdorsky District
Founded1953[1]
Town status sinceSeptember 20, 1965[2]
Elevation
209 m (686 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total18,820
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
16,623 (−11.7%)
 • Capital ofKovdorsky District
 • Urban okrugKovdorsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
184000
Dialing code(s)+7 81535[1]
OKTMO ID47703000001
Websitekovadm.ru

Kovdor (Russian: Ковдор, Finnish: Koutero) is a town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry. Population: 18,820 (2010 Census);[3] 20,867 (2002 Census);[7] 30,478 (1989 Census).[8]

History[edit]

By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk.[2] By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, it was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet.[2] However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.[2]

Economy[edit]

Lenina Street. A view to the chimney of Kovdorsky GOK

Kovdor is located in the center of a large mineral resources field. The town's industry is mostly tied to mining. A carbonatite mine is located near the town. Public limited company "Kovdor's Mining Plant" (Kovdorsky gorno-obogatitelny kombinat, or Kovdorsky GOK) is the largest company in the town and in Kovdorsky District. Kovdorsky GOK is a part of Russia's largest mineral fertilizer producer EuroChem.[9]

The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite. The town is named after Kovdoro lake.[10]

International relations[edit]

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns and sister cities[edit]

Kovdor is twinned with:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Народная энциклопедия "Мой город". Мурманская область".
  2. ^ a b c d Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Local post info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=18400
  7. ^ Russian 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. ^ "About EuroChem". EuroChem. 2011. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  10. ^ Information about Kovdorsky District and Kovdorsky GOK

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