Country Russia Administrative center of Urvansky District Local time Tuesday 3:52 AM | Administrative district Urvansky District Area 9.45 km² | |
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Federal subject Kabardino-Balkar Republic Municipal district Urvansky Municipal District Urban settlement Nartkala Urban Settlement Weather 2°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 83% Humidity Points of interest Pamyatnik Dvum Soldatam, Pamyatnik uchastnikam likvidatsii, Pamyatnik Leninu | ||
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).
Contents
- Map of Nartkala Kabardino Balkaria Russia
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Demographics
- Ethnic composition
- References
Map of Nartkala, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
History
It was founded in 1913 as the railway station of Dokshukino (Докшукино); town status was granted to it in 1955. It was renamed Nartkala in 1967; the current name mean the city of the Narts (ancestors of various peoples of the Caucasus).
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. As a municipal division, the town of Nartkala is incorporated within Urvansky Municipal District as Nartkala Urban Settlement.
Demographics
Population: 31,694 (2010 Census); 33,775 (2002 Census); 28,171 (1989 Census).
Ethnic composition
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was: