En Name: | Pokhvistnevo |
Ru Name: | Похвистнево |
Coordinates: | 53.65°N 60°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Pokhvistnevo (Samara oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Samara Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | town of oblast significance of Pokhvistnevo |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Pokhvistnevsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of oblast significance of Pokhvistnevo |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Pokhvistnevo Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Pokhvistnevo Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Pokhvistnevsky Municipal District |
Pop 2010Census: | 28169 |
Established Date: | 1888 |
Current Cat Date: | 1947 |
Pokhvistnevo (ru|Похвистнево) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Kinel River (Samara's tributary), 159km (99miles) northeast of Samara, Russia and only 5km (03miles) from the border with Orenburg Oblast. Population:
It was founded in 1888 as a settlement serving the construction of the Samara–Ufa railroad. The present Pokhvistnevo railway station was built here in 1902–1904. Town status was granted to it in 1947.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pokhvistnevo serves as the administrative center of Pokhvistnevsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Pokhvistnevo—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Pokhvistnevo is incorporated as Pokhvistnevo Urban Okrug.[2]