Kambarka
Камбарка | |
---|---|
Other transcription(s) | |
• Udmurt | Камбарка |
![]() A monument in Kambarka to the warriors fallen in the
Great Patriotic War | |
Coordinates: 56°16′N 54°13′E / 56.267°N 54.217°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Udmurtia [1] |
Administrative district | Kambarsky District [1] |
Town of district significance | Kambarka [1] |
Founded | 1761–1767 |
Town status since | 1945 |
Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,021 |
• Estimate (2018)
[3] | 10,276 (−6.8%) |
• Capital of | Kambarsky District, [1] town of district significance of Kambarka [1] |
• Municipal district | Kambarsky Municipal District [4] |
• Urban settlement | Kambarskoye Urban Settlement [4] |
• Capital of | Kambarsky Municipal District, [4] Kambarskoye Urban Settlement [4] |
Time zone |
UTC+4 (
MSK+1
![]() |
Postal code(s) [6] | |
OKTMO ID | 94620101001 |
Kambarka ( Russian: Камбарка) is a town and the administrative center of Kambarsky District of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located on the Kambarka River ( Kama's basin), 116 kilometers (72 mi) southeast of Izhevsk. Population: 11,021 ( 2010 Russian census); [2] 12,636 ( 2002 Census); [7] 13,258 ( 1989 Soviet census). [8]
It was founded as a settlement around a Demidov ironworks, which was constructed in 1761–1767.[ citation needed] It was granted town status in 1945.[ citation needed]
The city of Kambarka was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews. [9]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kambarka serves as the administrative center of Kambarsky District. [1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kambarsky District as the town of district significance of Kambarka. [1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kambarka is incorporated within Kambarsky Municipal District as Kambarskoye Urban Settlement. [4]
Kambarka Engineering Works operates in the town. They mainly produce locomotives and other railway stock. Operates a chemical plant.[ citation needed]
A chemical weapons destruction plant was built in Kambarka during the Soviet times.[ citation needed] This was in accordance to the obligations under the CWC to destroy all of the chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.
On May 17, 2002, Mayor Georgy Kislov signed a Sister Cities International agreement with Mayor Charlie Roberts of the city of Tooele, Utah in the United States.
Media related to
Kambarka at Wikimedia Commons
Kambarka
Камбарка | |
---|---|
Other transcription(s) | |
• Udmurt | Камбарка |
![]() A monument in Kambarka to the warriors fallen in the
Great Patriotic War | |
Coordinates: 56°16′N 54°13′E / 56.267°N 54.217°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Udmurtia [1] |
Administrative district | Kambarsky District [1] |
Town of district significance | Kambarka [1] |
Founded | 1761–1767 |
Town status since | 1945 |
Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,021 |
• Estimate (2018)
[3] | 10,276 (−6.8%) |
• Capital of | Kambarsky District, [1] town of district significance of Kambarka [1] |
• Municipal district | Kambarsky Municipal District [4] |
• Urban settlement | Kambarskoye Urban Settlement [4] |
• Capital of | Kambarsky Municipal District, [4] Kambarskoye Urban Settlement [4] |
Time zone |
UTC+4 (
MSK+1
![]() |
Postal code(s) [6] | |
OKTMO ID | 94620101001 |
Kambarka ( Russian: Камбарка) is a town and the administrative center of Kambarsky District of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located on the Kambarka River ( Kama's basin), 116 kilometers (72 mi) southeast of Izhevsk. Population: 11,021 ( 2010 Russian census); [2] 12,636 ( 2002 Census); [7] 13,258 ( 1989 Soviet census). [8]
It was founded as a settlement around a Demidov ironworks, which was constructed in 1761–1767.[ citation needed] It was granted town status in 1945.[ citation needed]
The city of Kambarka was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews. [9]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kambarka serves as the administrative center of Kambarsky District. [1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kambarsky District as the town of district significance of Kambarka. [1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kambarka is incorporated within Kambarsky Municipal District as Kambarskoye Urban Settlement. [4]
Kambarka Engineering Works operates in the town. They mainly produce locomotives and other railway stock. Operates a chemical plant.[ citation needed]
A chemical weapons destruction plant was built in Kambarka during the Soviet times.[ citation needed] This was in accordance to the obligations under the CWC to destroy all of the chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.
On May 17, 2002, Mayor Georgy Kislov signed a Sister Cities International agreement with Mayor Charlie Roberts of the city of Tooele, Utah in the United States.
Media related to
Kambarka at Wikimedia Commons