En Name: | Ak-Dovurak |
Ru Name: | Ак-Довурак |
Coordinates: | 51.1833°N 126°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Akdovurak coat of arms.png |
Federal Subject: | Tuva Republic |
Adm City Jur: | town under republic jurisdiction (urban okrug) of Ak-Dovurak |
Adm Ctr Of: | town under republic jurisdiction (urban okrug) of Ak-Dovurak |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Ak-Dovurak Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Ak-Dovurak Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 13468 |
Established Date: | 1964 |
Ak-Dovurak (Tuvinian: Ак-Довурак) is a town in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located on the Khemchik River (left tributary of the Yenisei), 301km (187miles) west of Kyzyl. The population is
It was founded in 1964 as a town housing the workers employed in construction of an asbestos plant.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town under republic jurisdiction (urban okrug) of Ak-Dovurak—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (kozhuuns).[1] As a municipal division, the town under republic jurisdiction (urban okrug) of Ak-Dovurak is incorporated as Ak-Dovurak Urban Okrug.[2]