Nizhnyaya Tura

Nizhnyaya Tura (Russian: Ни́жняя Тура) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River (Ob's basin), 254 kilometers (158 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 22,006 (2010 Census);^[2] 24,247 (2002 Census);^[6] 26,268 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Nizhnyaya Tura Нижняя Тура
Town[1]
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Location of Nizhnyaya Tura
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Coordinates: 58°37′15″N 59°50′52″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Founded	1754
Town status since	1949
Elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	22,006
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Nizhnyaya Tura[1]
• Capital of	Town of Nizhnyaya Tura
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of	Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	624220–624223
OKTMO ID	65715000001

History

It was founded in 1754; town status was granted to it in 1949.^{[citation needed]} Nizhnyaya Tura railway station was opened in 1906.^[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-one rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura^[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[9] As a municipal division, the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura is incorporated as Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug.^[3]