En Name: | Kambarka |
Ru Name: | Камбарка |
Loc Name1: | Камбарка |
Loc Lang1: | Udmurt |
Coordinates: | 56.2667°N 67°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kambarka rayon (Udmurtia) (2000).png |
Federal Subject: | Udmurt Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Kambarsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kambarka |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Kambarsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Kambarka |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Kambarsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Kambarskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Kambarsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Kambarskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 11021 |
Established Date: | 1761–1767 |
Current Cat Date: | 1945 |
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), 116km (72miles) southeast of Izhevsk. Population:
It was founded as a settlement around a Demidov ironworks, which was constructed in 1761–1767. It was granted town status in 1945.
The city of Kambarka was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kambarka serves as the administrative center of Kambarsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kambarsky District as the town of district significance of Kambarka. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kambarka is incorporated within Kambarsky Municipal District as Kambarskoye Urban Settlement.[3]
Kambarka Engineering Works operates in the town. They mainly produce locomotives and other railway stock. Operates a chemical plant.
A chemical weapons destruction plant was built in Kambarka during the Soviet times. This was in accordance to the obligations under the CWC to destroy all of the chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.
See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia.
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.