Country Russia Administratively subordinated to Town of Nizhnyaya Tura Local time Tuesday 2:17 PM | Federal subject Sverdlovsk Oblast Administrative center of Town of Nizhnyaya Tura | |
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Urban okrug Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug Administrative center of Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug Weather 2°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 62% Humidity Points of interest Nizhneturinskiy Kraevedcheskiy Muzey, Chernyy Tyulpan, Pamyatnik Semye | ||
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); 24,247 (2002 Census); 26,268 (1989 Census).
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Map of Nizhnyaya Tura, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
History
It was founded in 1754; town status was granted to it in 1949.
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—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Nizhnyaya Tura is incorporated as Nizhneturinsky Urban Okrug.
References
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