En Name: | Tatarsk |
Ru Name: | Татарск |
Coordinates: | 55.25°N 134°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Tatarsk COA (2010).gif |
Federal Subject: | Novosibirsk Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Tatarsk |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Town of Tatarsk |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Tatarsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Tatarsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Tatarsk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Tatarsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [1] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Tatarsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 24217 |
Established Date: | 1911 |
Current Cat Date: | 1925 |
Postal Codes: | 632120–632122, 632124–632126 |
Tatarsk (Russian: Тата́рск; Kazakh: Татарка, Tatarka) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located 457km (284miles) west of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 31,000 (1974).
It was founded in 1911 by merging the settlements of Staraya Tatarka (Russian: Старая Татарка) and Stantsionny (Russian: Станционный). It was granted town status in 1925.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tatarsk serves as the administrative center of Tatarsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Tatarsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Tatarsk is incorporated within Tatarsky Municipal District as Tatarsk Urban Settlement.[2]