Kovdor

Kovdor

Ковдор
Kovdor Ковдор
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	Coordinates: 67°33′34″N 30°28′00″E / 67.55944°N 30.46667°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast
Administrative district	Kovdorsky District
Founded	1953
Town status since	September 20, 1965
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	18,820
Administrative status
• Capital of	Kovdorsky District
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Kovdorsky Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	184000
Dialing code(s)	+7 81535
OKTMO ID	47703000001
Website	kovadm.ru

Kovdor (Russian: Ковдор, Finnish: Koutero) is a town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry. Population: 18,820 (2010 Russian census);^[3] 20,867 (2002 Census);^[6] 30,478 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

History

By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk.^[2] By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, it was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet.^[2] However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.^[2]

Economy

Kovdor is located in the center of a large mineral resources field. The town's industry is mostly tied to mining. A carbonatite mine is located near the town. Public limited company "Kovdor's Mining Plant" (Kovdorsky gorno-obogatitelny kombinat, or Kovdorsky GOK) is the largest company in the town and in Kovdorsky District. Kovdorsky GOK is a part of Russia's largest mineral fertilizer producer EuroChem.^[8]

The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite. The town is named after Kovdoro lake.^[9]

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Kovdor is twinned with:

Haparanda, Sweden
Salla, Finland

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Народная энциклопедия "Мой город". Мурманская область".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57
^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ Local post info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=18400
^ 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).
^ 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.
^ "About EuroChem". EuroChem. 2011. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
^ Information about Kovdorsky District and Kovdorsky GOK

External links

Map of Kovdor
Kovdor news at the Wayback Machine (archived July 13, 2006)
Kovdor-OnLine!

[established-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Народная энциклопедия "Мой город". Мурманская область".

[ATSBook57-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57

[2010Census-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[vremeni-4] "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

[Postal-5] Local post info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=18400

[PopCensus-6] 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).

[Census1989-7] 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.

[8] "About EuroChem". EuroChem. 2011. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.

[9] Information about Kovdorsky District and Kovdorsky GOK

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v t e Administrative divisions of Murmansk Oblast
Administrative center: Murmansk • Rural localities
Administrative districts	Kandalakshsky Kolsky Kovdorsky Lovozersky Pechengsky Tersky
Closed administrative-territorial formations	Alexandrovsk Ostrovnoy Severomorsk Vidyayevo Zaozyorsk
Cities and towns (all levels)	Apatity Gadzhiyevo Kandalaksha Kirovsk Kola Kovdor Monchegorsk Murmansk Olenegorsk Ostrovnoy Polyarny Polyarnye Zori Severomorsk Snezhnogorsk Zaozyorsk Zapolyarny
Urban-type settlements	Kildinstroy Molochny Murmashi Nikel Pechenga Revda Safonovo Tumanny Umba Verkhnetulomsky Zelenoborsky