Nartkala (Russian: Нарткала; Kabardian: Нарткъалэ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) northeast of Nalchik. Population: 31,694 (2010 Census).[3]

Nartkala Нарткала
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Kabardian	Нарткъалэ
Nartkala
Location of Nartkala
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Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkaria[1]
Administrative district	Urvansky District[1]
Founded	1913
Town status since	1955[2]
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	31,694
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	30,704 (−3.1%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Urvansky District[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Urvansky Municipal District[5]
• Urban settlement	Nartkala Urban Settlement[5]
• Capital of	Urvansky Municipal District[5], Nartkala Urban Settlement[5]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	361330
OKTMO ID	83640101001
Website	www.ur.adm-kbr.ru/index.php/g-p-nartkala

History

It was founded in 1913 as the railway station of Dokshukino (Докшукино); town status was granted to it in 1955.[2] It was renamed Nartkala in 1967; the current name mean the city of the Narts (ancestors of various peoples of the Caucasus).^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nartkala serves as the administrative center of Urvansky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Nartkala is incorporated within Urvansky Municipal District as Nartkala Urban Settlement.[5]

Demographics

Population: 31,694 (2010 Census);[3] 33,775 (2002 Census);[8] 28,171 (1989 Census).[9]

Ethnic composition

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:[10]

• Kabardins: 55.4%
• Russians: 31.5%
• Turks: 3.2%
• Ossetians: 2.0%
• Ukrainians: 1.7%
• Koreans: 1.0%
• Other ethnicities: 5.2%

References

Notes

Sources

• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №12-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #12-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the publication date.).
• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №13-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об статусе и границах муниципальных образований в Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #13-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).

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