Nizhnyaya Tura Explained

En Name:Nizhnyaya Tura
Ru Name:Нижняя Тура
Coordinates:58.6208°N 59.8478°W
Map Label Position:right
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Nizhnyaya Tura (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
Federal Subject:Sverdlovsk Oblast
Adm City Jur:Town of Nizhnyaya Tura
Adm Ctr Of1:Town of Nizhnyaya Tura
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Urban Okrug Jur:Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug
Mun Admctr Of:Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug
Pop 2010Census:22006
Established Date:1754
Current Cat Date:1949

Nizhnyaya Tura (Russian: Ни́жняя Тура) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River (Ob's basin), 254km (158miles) north of Yekaterinburg. Population:

History

It was founded in 1754; town status was granted to it in 1949. Nizhnyaya Tura railway station was opened in 1906.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-one rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura is incorporated as Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: D. A. . Redin. Нижняя Тура. Great Russian Encyclopedia. 7 June 2022. ru.
  2. Law #30-OZ
  3. Law #85-OZ