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 Census);[3]20,867(2002 Census);[7]30,478(1989 Census).[8]
By 1965, Kovdor was a work settlement in the district of Kirovsk.[2] By the September20, 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 June28, 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
Lenina Street. A view to the chimney of Kovdorsky GOK
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.[9]
The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite. The town is named after Kovdoro lake.[10]
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia
Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p.57
Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol.1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
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