Zheleznovodsk

Zheleznovodsk (English)
Железноводск (Russian)
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View of Mount Beshtau from Zheleznovodsk

Location of Stavropol Krai in Russia
Zheleznovodsk
Location of Zheleznovodsk in Stavropol Krai
Coordinates: 44°08′22″N 43°01′01″E / 44.13944°N 43.01694°E / 44.13944; 43.01694Coordinates: 44°08′22″N 43°01′01″E / 44.13944°N 43.01694°E / 44.13944; 43.01694
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Stavropol Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of krai significance of Zheleznovodsk[1]
Administrative center of town of krai significance of Zheleznovodsk[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2010)
Urban okrug Zheleznovodsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Zheleznovodsk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Area (2010) 93.13 km2 (35.96 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 24,433 inhabitants[4]
Density 262/km2 (680/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1810
Town status since 1917
Postal code(s)[7] 357400, 357401, 357408, 357411, 357413, 357415, 357419
Dialing code(s) +7 87932
Official website
Zheleznovodsk on Wikimedia Commons

Zheleznovodsk (Russian: Железново́дск) is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Population: 24,433(2010 Census);[4] 25,135(2002 Census);[8] 28,460(1989 Census).[9]

Etymology

The name of the town literally means iron-water-place, as the mineral waters springing from the earth in Zheleznovodsk were believed to have high content of iron.

Geography

Zheleznovodsk is situated in the saddle between Mounts Beshtau and Zheleznaya, in what the locals refer to as aerodynamic tube, which attracts strong winds in the winter.

History

Zheleznovodsk was the place of signing the Zheleznovodsk Communiqué by Boris Yeltsin, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Ayaz Mutallibov, Levon Ter-Petrosyan on September 23, 1991.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with the settlement of Inozemtsevo, incorporated as the town of krai significance of Zheleznovodsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Zheleznovodsk is incorporated as Zheleznovodsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

Zheleznovodsk, along with Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki, Kislovodsk, and Mineralnye Vody, is a part of the Caucasus Mineral Waters, a renowned Russian spa resort. The town economy revolves around sanatoria, where dozens of thousands of people from all over Russia and former Soviet republics come year-around to vacation and rest, as well as prevent and treat stomach, kidney, and liver diseases. Dozens of spas operate in Russia's Caucasus Mountains region, exploiting the mineral springs in the area; colonic treatment is a specialty.

Miscellaneous

Balloons above Zheleznovodsk

Over the past several years, Zheleznovodsk was the site of the International Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #63-p
  2. 1 2 3 Law #88-kz
  3. Управление Росреестра по Ставропольскому краю. Доклад о состоянии и использовании земель Ставропольского края в 2010 году, p. 54 (Russian)
  4. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. "Ted Kendall talks to young violinist Julia Sakharova", Music and Vision Daily, March 17, 2006, retrieved March 14, 2008

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