Pindushi Explained

En Name:Pindushi
Ru Name:Пиндуши
Other Name:Pinduši
Other Lang:Karelian
Coordinates:62.9167°N 69°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Republic of Karelia
Adm Data As Of:2014
Adm District Jur:Medvezhyegorsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Mun Data As Of:April 2013
Mun District Jur:Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Pindushskoye Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Pindushskoye Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:4598
Established Date:1933
Current Cat Date:1950
Postal Codes:186323
Date:May 2015
Pindushi population
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:4,598
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:5,190
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:6,611
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:5,644

Pindushi (Russian: Пи́ндуши; Karelian: Pinduši; Finnish: Pinduinen) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northern tip of Lake Onega, 160km (100miles) north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,598.

History

It was established in 1933 and granted urban-type settlement status in 1950.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Pindushi is subordinated to Medvezhyegorsky District. As a municipal division, Pindushi, together with eight rural localities, is incorporated within Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District as Pindushskoye Urban Settlement.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #813-ZRK