Kambarka
Камбарка | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Udmurt | Камбарка |
Coordinates: 56°16′N 54°13′E / 56.267°N 54.217°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Udmurtia[1] |
Administrative district | Kambarsky District[1] |
Town of district significance | Kambarka[1] |
Founded | 1761–1767 |
Town status since | 1945 |
Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,021 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 10,276 (−6.8%) |
• Capital of | Kambarsky District,[1] town of district significance of Kambarka[1] |
• Municipal district | Kambarsky Municipal District[4] |
• Urban settlement | Kambarskoye Urban Settlement[4] |
• Capital of | Kambarsky Municipal District,[4] Kambarskoye Urban Settlement[4] |
Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [5]) |
Postal code(s)[6] | |
OKTMO ID | 94620101001 |
Kambarka (Russian: Камбарка) is a town and the administrative center of Kambarsky District of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located on the Kambarka River (Kama's basin), 116 kilometers (72 mi) southeast of Izhevsk. Population: 11,021 (2010 Russian census);[2] 12,636 (2002 Census);[7] 13,258 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
It was founded as a settlement around a Demidov ironworks, which was constructed in 1761–1767.[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1945.[citation needed]
The city of Kambarka was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews.[9]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kambarka serves as the administrative center of Kambarsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kambarsky District as the town of district significance of Kambarka.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kambarka is incorporated within Kambarsky Municipal District as Kambarskoye Urban Settlement.[4]
Kambarka Engineering Works operates in the town. They mainly produce locomotives and other railway stock. Operates a chemical plant.[citation needed]
A chemical weapons destruction plant was built in Kambarka during the Soviet times.[citation needed] This was in accordance to the obligations under the CWC to destroy all of the chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia |
On May 17, 2002, Mayor Georgy Kislov signed a Sister Cities International agreement with Mayor Charlie Roberts of the city of Tooele, Utah in the United States.