Shchekino
Щёкино
Town[1]
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In Shchekino
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Coat of arms of Shchekino
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Shchekino is located in Russia
Shchekino
Shchekino
Location of Shchekino
Shchekino is located in Tula Oblast
Shchekino
Shchekino
Shchekino (Tula Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°00′N 37°31′E / 54.000°N 37.517°E / 54.000; 37.517
CountryRussia
Federal subjectTula Oblast[1]
Administrative districtShchyokinsky District[1]
Town under district jurisdictionShchekino[2]
Founded1871
Town status since1938
Elevation
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total58,139
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
57,979 (−0.3%)
 • Capital ofShchyokinsky District,[1] Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction[2]
 • Municipal districtShchyokinsky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementShchekino Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofShchyokinsky Municipal District,[5] Shchekino Urban Settlement[6]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
301240, 301241, 301243–301249, 301259
OKTMO ID70648101001

Shchekino (Russian: Щёкино), also romanized Shchyokino, is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway (M2), 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 58,139 (2010 Russian census);[3] 61,588 (2002 Census);[9] 69,251 (1989 Soviet census) ;[10] 72,000 (1977).

History

It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of brown coal deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district.[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1938.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchekino serves as the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction.[2] As a municipal division, Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as Shchekino Urban Settlement.[5]

Notable people

References

Shchekino railway station

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #954-ZTO
  2. ^ a b c Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast and does not include Shchekino in the list of towns under oblast jurisdiction.
  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 d Law #552-ZTO
  6. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 70 648 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 70 648 101. ).
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "BoxRec: Daria Abramova".

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