Kuvandyk

Kuvandyk (Russian: Куванды́к, romanized: Kuvandyk) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the Sakmara River at the southern end of the Ural Mountains, 194 kilometers (121 mi) east of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 26,169 (2010 Census);^[2] 28,679 (2002 Census);^[9] 28,339 (1989 Soviet census).^[10]

Kuvandyk Кувандык
Town[1]
Coat of arms
Location of Kuvandyk
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Coordinates: 51°28′N 57°22′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Orenburg Oblast[1]
Founded	1915
Town status since	1953
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	26,169
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Kuvandyk[1]
• Capital of	Kuvandyksky District,[3] Town of Kuvandyk[4]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Kuvandyksky Urban Okrug[5]
• Capital of	Kuvandyksky Urban Okrug[6]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [7])
Postal code(s)[8]	462240–462244
OKTMO ID	53714000001
Website	www.kuvandyk.org

History

It was founded in the end of the 19th century as a migrants' village of Pokrovka (Покро́вка). It was granted town status in 1953.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuvandyk serves as the administrative center of Kuvandyksky District,^[3] even though it is not a part of it.^[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Kuvandyk^[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^{[citation needed]} As a municipal division, the territories of the Town of Kuvandyk and of Kuvandyksky District are incorporated as Kuvandyksky Urban Okrug.^[11][6]

Downtown

See also

• Kuvandyk corridor [ba; kk; ru; tt]