Adygeysk

Adygeysk (English)
Адыгейск (Russian)
Адыгэкъалэ (Adyghe)
Микъагъэ (Ubykh)
-  Town[1]  -
Adygeysk
Location of Adygeysk in the Republic of Adygea
Coordinates: 44°54′N 39°10′E / 44.900°N 39.167°E / 44.900; 39.167Coordinates: 44°54′N 39°10′E / 44.900°N 39.167°E / 44.900; 39.167
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of June 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Adygea[1]
Administratively subordinated to Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of February 2012)
Urban okrug Adygeysk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Adygeysk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 12,237 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1969[5]
Previous names Adygeysk(y) (until July 27, 1976),[6][5][7]
Teuchezhsk (until 1990)[5]
Postal code(s)[8] 385200, 385202
Official website
Adygeysk on Wikimedia Commons

Adygeysk (Russian: Адыге́йск; Adyghe: Адыгэкъалэ, Adəgăqală) is a town in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located near Krasnodar Reservoir, 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Maykop, the capital of the republic. Population: 12,237 (2010 Census);[3] 12,209 (2002 Census);[9]

History

It was founded as the settlement of Adygeysky (Адыге́йский) in 1969 due to the construction of Krasnodar Reservoir.[5] According to some other sources, the original name was "Adygeysk".[6][7] The name alluded to the Adyghe people indigenous to the region.[7] On July 27, 1976, it was granted town status and renamed Teuchezhsk (Теуче́жск),[6] for Adyghe poet Tsug Teuchezh.[7] In 1990, the original name was restored.[5]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] It has the following rural localities under its jurisdiction:[2]

As a municipal division, Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug is incorporated as Adygeysk Urban Okrug.[10]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #171
  2. 1 2 3 Law #270
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Cities and Towns of Russia Encyclopedia, p. 14
  6. 1 2 3 Azarenkova et al., p. 269.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Pospelov, p. 23
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Law #171 stipulates that the borders of the republican urban okrugs are identical to those of the municipal urban okrugs.

Sources

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