Svetlograd
Светлоград
Town[1]
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Svetlograd is located in Russia
Svetlograd
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Svetlograd is located in Stavropol Krai
Svetlograd
Svetlograd
Svetlograd (Stavropol Krai)
Coordinates: 45°21′N 42°51′E / 45.350°N 42.850°E / 45.350; 42.850
CountryRussia
Federal subjectStavropol Krai[1]
Administrative districtPetrovsky District[1]
TownSvetlograd
Founded1750
Town status since1965
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total38,520
 • Capital ofPetrovsky District,[1] Town of Svetlograd
 • Municipal districtPetrovsky Municipal District[3]
 • Urban settlementSvetlograd Urban Settlement[3]
 • Capital ofPetrovsky Municipal District,[4] Svetlograd Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
356530Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID07646101001
Websitesvetlograd.org

Svetlograd (Russian: Светлогра́д) is a town and the administrative center of Petrovsky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the Kalaus River, 85 kilometers (53 mi) northeast of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 38,520 (2010 Census);[2] 39,370 (2002 Census);[7] 37,213 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded in 1750 as the village of Petrovskoye (Петро́вское).[citation needed] It was granted town status and renamed Svetlograd in 1965.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Svetlograd serves as the administrative center of Petrovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Petrovsky District as the Town of Svetlograd.[citation needed] As a municipal division, the Town of Svetlograd is incorporated within Petrovsky Municipal District as Svetlograd Urban Settlement.[3]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Svetlograd is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Resolution #63-p
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d Law #50
  4. ^ Law #88-kz
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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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