Yekaterinburg
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| Yekaterinburg (English) Екатеринбург (Russian) |
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 The skyline of Yekaterinburg |
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.svg) Location of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia |
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 Yekaterinburg
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| Coordinates: 56°50′N 60°35′E / 56.833°N 60.583°ECoordinates: 56°50′N 60°35′E / 56.833°N 60.583°E | |
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| City Day | 3rd Saturday of August |
| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Administrative center of | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Municipal status | |
| Urban okrug | Yekaterinburg Urban Okrug |
| Head[1] | Yevgeny Porunov[1] |
| Representative body | City Duma |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
1,350,136 inhabitants[2] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 4th |
| Population (2002 Census) | 1,293,537 inhabitants[3] |
| - Rank in 2002 | 5th |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+06:00) |
| Founded | November 18, 1723 |
| Previous names | Yekaterinburg (until 1924),[4] Sverdlovsk (until 1991)[4] |
| Postal code(s) | 620000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 343 |
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Yekaterinburg is a big city in the Ural mountains in the Asian part of Russia. It has a population of 1,293,537 people. The city was started in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after Saint Catherine.
Twin cities[change | change source]
The city duma building with the Lenin statue.
Yekaterinburg is a sister city of
- Pilsen, Czech Republic
- San Jose, California, U.S.A., since 1992
- Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China, since July 10 2002
- Genoa, Italy- - Ferentino, Italy
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eugenie Porunov has been elected the Head of Ekaterinburg – the Chairman of the Ekaterinburg city Duma
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1)]" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "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]" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 [1]
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