Nizhnekamsk Explained

En Name:	Nizhnekamsk
Ru Name:	Нижнекамск
Loc Name1:	Түбəн Кама
Loc Lang1:	Tatar
Coordinates:	55.6333°N 100°W
Map Label Position:	bottom
Image Coa:	Coat of Arms of Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan) (2006).png
Federal Subject:	Republic of Tatarstan
Adm City Jur:	city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk
Adm Ctr Of1:	city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk
Adm Ctr Of2:	Nizhnekamsky District
Inhabloc Cat:	City
Mun District Jur:	Nizhnekamsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:	Nizhnekamsk Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:	Nizhnekamsky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:	Nizhnekamsk Urban Settlement
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Ramil Mullin(Рамиль Муллин)
Pop 2010Census:	234044
Pop 2010Census Rank:	82nd
Established Date:	1961
Postal Codes:	423570
Dialing Codes:	8555

Nizhnekamsk (Russian: Нижнекамск, pronounced as /ru/; Tatar: Түбән Кама) is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol. Population:

History

As its population increased, spurred by the construction of Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical industrial complex, Nizhnekamsk was granted city status in 1966.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhnekamsk serves as the administrative center of Nizhnekamsky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Nizhnekamsk is incorporated within Nizhnekamsky Municipal District as Nizhnekamsk Urban Settlement.^[2]