Adygeysk
Адыгейск
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • AdygheАдыгэкъалэ
 • UbykhМикъагъэ
View of the federal highway M4 "Don"
View of the federal highway M4 "Don"
Flag of Adygeysk
Flag
Coat of arms of Adygeysk
Coat of arms
Location of Adygeysk
Map
Adygeysk is located in Russia
Adygeysk
Adygeysk
Location of Adygeysk
Adygeysk is located in Republic of Adygea
Adygeysk
Adygeysk
Adygeysk (Republic of Adygea)
Coordinates: 44°52′59.5″N 39°11′24.7″E / 44.883194°N 39.190194°E / 44.883194; 39.190194
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAdygea[1]
Founded1969[2]
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total12,237
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
12,745 (+4.2%)
 • Subordinated toAdygeysk Republican Urban Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofAdygeysk Republican Urban Okrug[1]
 • Urban okrugAdygeysk Urban Okrug[5]
 • Capital ofAdygeysk Urban Okrug[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
385200, 385202
OKTMO ID79703000001
Websitewww.adigeisk.ru

Adygeysk (Russian: Адыгейск; Adyghe: Адыгэкъалэ, romanized: Adıgəqalə) is a town in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located near Krasnodar Reservoir, 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Maykop, the capital of the republic. Population: 12,721 (2020), 12,237 (2010 Census);[3] 12,209 (2002 Census);[8]

It was previously known as Adygeysk(y) (until July 27, 1976),[9][2][10]Teuchezhsk (until 1990).[2]

History

It was founded as the settlement of Adygeysky (Адыге́йский) in 1969 due to the construction of Krasnodar Reservoir.[2] According to some other sources, the original name was "Adygeysk".[9][10] The name alluded to the Adyghe people indigenous to the region.[10] On July 27, 1976, it was granted town status and renamed Teuchezhsk (Теуче́жск),[9] for Adyghe poet Tsug Teuchezh.[10] In 1990, the original name was restored.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] It has the following rural localities under its jurisdiction:[5]

As a municipal division, Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug is incorporated as Adygeysk Urban Okrug.[11]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #171
  2. ^ a b c d e Cities and Towns of Russia Encyclopedia, p. 14
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #270
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ a b c Azarenkova et al., p. 269.
  10. ^ a b c d Pospelov, p. 23
  11. ^ Law #171 stipulates that the borders of the republican urban okrugs are identical to those of the municipal urban okrugs.

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