Kovdor Explained

En Name:Kovdor
Ru Name:Ковдор
Coordinates:67.5594°N 30.4667°W
Map Label Position:right
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Kovdor (Murmansk oblast).png
Federal Subject:Murmansk Oblast
Adm District Jur:Kovdorsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Kovdorsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Urban Okrug Jur:Kovdorsky Urban Okrug
Pop 2010Census:18820
Established Date:1953
Established Date Ref:[1]
Current Cat Date:September 20, 1965
Postal Codes:184000
Postal Codes Ref:[2]
Dialing Codes:81535
Website:https://kovadm.ru/
Date:May 2011

Kovdor (Russian: Ковдор, Finnish: Koutero) is a town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry. Population:

History

By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk.[3] By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, it was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet. However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.

Economy

Kovdor is located in the center of a large mineral resources field. The town's industry is mostly tied to mining. A carbonatite mine is located near the town. Public limited company "Kovdor's Mining Plant" (Kovdorsky gorno-obogatitelny kombinat, or Kovdorsky GOK) is the largest company in the town and in Kovdorsky District. Kovdorsky GOK is a part of Russia's largest mineral fertilizer producer EuroChem.[4]

The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite. The town is named after Kovdoro lake.[5]

International relations

See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kovdor is twinned with:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Народная энциклопедия "Мой город". Мурманская область.
  2. Local post info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=18400
  3. Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57
  4. Web site: About EuroChem. 2011. EuroChem. November 8, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111120003511/http://www.eurochem.ru/about-eurochem-2/. November 20, 2011. dead.
  5. http://www.murman.ru/ecology/cadastre/3-5.html Information about Kovdorsky District and Kovdorsky GOK