En Name: | Gulkevichi |
Ru Name: | Гулькевичи |
Coordinates: | 45.3594°N 40.7072°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Gulkevichi (Krasnodar kray).png |
Federal Subject: | Krasnodar Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Gulkevichsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Gulkevichi |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Gulkevichsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Gulkevichi |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Gulkevichsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Gulkevichskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Gulkevichsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Gulkevichskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 35244 |
Established Date: | 1875 |
Current Cat Date: | 1961 |
Gulkevichi (Russian: Гульке́вичи) is a town and the administrative center of Gulkevichsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located 150km (90miles) northeast of Krasnodar. Population: 34,272 people (2020),
It appeared as a settlement at the Gulkevichi station, opened in 1875 (the name is based on the location of the station on the land owned by the councilor N. V. Gulkevichu). Town status was granted to it in 1961.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gulkevichi serves as the administrative center of Gulkevichsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Gulkevichsky District as the Town of Gulkevichi. As a municipal division, the Town of Gulkevichi is incorporated within Gulkevichsky Municipal District as Gulkevichskoye Urban Settlement.[3]