Country Russia Administratively subordinated to Town of Kushva Urban okrug Kushvinsky Urban Okrug Local time Sunday 12:50 PM | Federal subject Sverdlovsk Oblast Administrative center of Town of Kushva Administrative center of Kushvinsky Urban Okrug | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 46% Humidity Points of interest Blagodat, Kushvinskiy kraevedcheskiy muzey (n, Chumpin - Pamyatnik | ||
Kushva (Russian: Кушва) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains near Yekaterinburg. Population: 30,167 (2010 Census); 35,555 (2002 Census); 43,096 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kushva, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
History
Originally a mining settlement founded in 1735 at the Blagodat Mountain to explore its iron ore deposits, it was granted town status in 1926 and was then renamed from Kushvinsky Zavod (Кушвинский Завод) to Kushva. Currently it is stagnant and its population is decreasing as most of the mining industry closed down.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the town of Verkhnyaya Tura and twelve rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Kushva—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Kushva and twelve rural localities are incorporated as Kushvinsky Urban Okrug. The town of Verkhnyaya Tura is incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug.
Honors
A crater on Mars was named in honor of the town.