Kamensk-Shakhtinsky

For other uses, see Kamensk.
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (English)
Каменск-Шахтинский (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Rostov Oblast in Russia
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
Location of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 48°19′14″N 40°15′40″E / 48.32056°N 40.26111°E / 48.32056; 40.26111Coordinates: 48°19′14″N 40°15′40″E / 48.32056°N 40.26111°E / 48.32056; 40.26111
Administrative status (as of May 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Rostov Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2004)
Urban okrug Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 95,296 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 180th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1686
Town status since 1927
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Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russian: Ка́менск-Ша́хтинский) is a town in Rostov Oblast, located on the Seversky Donets River. Population: 95,296(2010 Census);[3] 75,632(2002 Census);[5] 72,379(1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded by Cossack settlers in 1671 and was granted town status in 1927.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

Economy

Once a major coal-mining center of the eastern Donets coal basin, it now an important producer of artificial fibers and mining machinery as well as glass. European route E40 passes through Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #340-ZS
  2. 1 2 3 Law #236-ZS
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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