En Name: | Svetlograd |
Ru Name: | Светлоград |
Coordinates: | 45.35°N 93°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Svetlograd (Stavropol krai).png |
Federal Subject: | Stavropol Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Petrovsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Svetlograd |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Petrovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Svetlograd |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Petrovsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Svetlograd Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Petrovsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [1] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Svetlograd Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 38520 |
Established Date: | 1750 |
Current Cat Date: | 1965 |
Prev Name1: | Petrovskoye |
Website: | http://svetlograd.org/ |
Svetlograd (ru|Светлогра́д) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the Kalaus River, 85km (53miles) northeast of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai. Population:
It was founded in 1750 as the village of Petrovskoye (Russian: Петро́вское). It was granted town status and renamed Svetlograd in 1965.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Svetlograd serves as the administrative center of Petrovsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Petrovsky District as the Town of Svetlograd. As a municipal division, the Town of Svetlograd is incorporated within Petrovsky Municipal District as Svetlograd Urban Settlement.[3]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia.
Svetlograd is twinned with: