Karabash
Карабаш
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Karabash is located in Russia
Karabash
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Location of Karabash
Karabash is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Karabash
Karabash
Karabash (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°29′N 60°13′E / 55.483°N 60.217°E / 55.483; 60.217
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast
Founded1822
Town status sinceJune 20, 1933
Government
 • BodyAssembly of Deputies
 • HeadMussa Dzugayev
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total13,152
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
10,999 (−16.4%)
 • Subordinated toTown of Karabash[3]
 • Capital ofTown of Karabash[3]
 • Urban okrugKarabashsky Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofKarabashsky Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
454000
Dialing code(s)+7 35153
OKTMO ID75715000001
Websitekarabash-go.ru

Karabash (Russian: Карабаш) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located 90 kilometers (56 mi) northwest of Chelyabinsk. Population: 13,152 (2010 Census);[1] 15,942 (2002 Census);[6] 17,006 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1822 as a settlement of gold-miners. Town status was granted to it on June 20, 1933.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with nine rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Karabash—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, the Town of Karabash is incorporated as Karabashsky Urban Okrug.[3]

Economy and ecology

Copper smelting plant in Karabash

A copper smelting plant is situated in the town, and its toxic waste has created extremely large amounts of pollution and serious health problems for the inhabitants.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Resolution #161
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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Media related to Karabash at Wikimedia Commons


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