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